The Lone Star State doesn’t have a state broadband office or plan.

“If we do not have a statewide plan, we lose credits on competition for federal grants,” Nichols said, according to Spectrum News. “The federal government has tried to map and they’re going to get a lot better at it. I’m convinced, but we need to have our own map to identify down to the address level, whether that service is available or not. And if that service meets that quality standard.”