Houston is one of the largest metro markets in the country and one of the more competitive in terms of carrier choice. AT&T fiber covers a large share of commercial blocks. Comcast Business is everywhere. Multiple fiber overbuilders compete inside the Loop and in the energy corridor, and T-Mobile has strong 5G fixed wireless coverage across the metro.
The pricing problem in Houston is that most businesses have one carrier on the bill and never tested what the other four would do.
Houston's commercial geography
Houston's commercial demand sits in three big places. Uptown, around the Galleria, is the metro's largest Class A office and corporate-headquarters cluster outside downtown. The Energy Corridor along Interstate 10 west of Beltway 8 concentrates the bulk of the metro's energy-sector office tenancy. Westchase, in the southwest part of the metro, holds another deep cluster of mid-size and Class A office space. bp's Houston offices and the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, are two of the largest commercial accounts in the metro and drive heavy enterprise telecom demand.
In September 2024, Serverfarm entered Houston by acquiring two data center campuses with more than 500 MW of potential capacity, a meaningful capacity jump for a metro where AI and energy-sector data center demand is growing fast. One regulatory wrinkle: Texas uses a state-issued cable and video franchise regime under Utilities Code Chapter 66, so the Public Utility Commission of Texas, rather than Houston itself, acts as the franchising authority.
What you should be paying
These are dedicated internet ranges from current carrier wholesale data, marked up to typical retail.
Houston dedicated internet, typical retail (mid 50%)
Monthly recurring charge, dedicated internet access (DIA). Numbers are derived from current carrier wholesale quotes. Shown as a metro-tier band where city-level data is thin.
| Speed | Typical retail (mid 50%) | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Mbps | $630 – $800/mo | n = 7 |
| 500 Mbps | $840 – $1,160/mo | n = 5 |
| 1 Gbps | $1,050 – $1,455/mo | n = 6 |
| 10 Gbps | $1,330 – $2,660/mo | n = 7 |
If your bill sits above the high end of the band, you are likely overpaying.
Analyze My Bill FreeFor AT&T Business Fiber broadband, a 1 Gbps line should land between $180 and $260 a month. For Comcast coax at 600 Mbps, expect $150 to $230. Anything materially above those numbers is a sign of an aged contract or heavy side-fee load.
For T-Mobile Business Internet, the published rate is $85 a month for 200 to 300 Mbps fixed wireless, which is one of the cheapest options in the metro for a single office.
Carriers worth quoting in Houston
Six carriers cover most addresses in the Houston metro.
- AT&T Business Fiber. Strong commercial fiber footprint inside the Loop and in the energy corridor.
- Comcast Business. Coax everywhere, fiber in select buildings. Default for most existing customers.
- T-Mobile Business Internet. $85 a month for 200 to 300 Mbps. Useful benchmark even if you do not switch.
- enTouch Business. Astound Broadband subsidiary, strong in the Houston suburbs.
- Crown Castle Fiber. Common in commercial buildings downtown and around the Galleria.
- Logix Fiber. Independent fiber operator with strong commercial coverage.
If you have not had three of these on a quote sheet, you have not run a real comparison.
What to do this week
- Pull your most recent invoice. Find the contract end date and the side fees.
- Get one quote outside your current carrier. T-Mobile Business Internet is the fastest benchmark.
- Compare your base rate to the bands above. If you are 20 percent above the high end, the retention call is worth making.
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