By: Shaz Zeeshan
For people living in rural towns, getting internet often means signing up before knowing if it works. Plans can be expensive, speeds unreliable, and there’s not always much room to back out. Jaden Garza—Nomad Internet founder, wanted to change that, and now he has.
As CEO of the company, he wanted people to be able to try the service before asking them to commit. Through a program called Try Before You Buy, customers can receive a pre-activated modem just by covering the cost of shipping. There are no contracts, upfront payments, or pressure to stay if it doesn’t work.
“It challenges many norms in telecom,” Garza said. “Most companies ask you to commit upfront, to trust them with your credit card before they prove anything. But with this program, we say: ‘Let us earn your trust first.’”
In communities where service has previously been unreliable or nonexistent, Nomad Internet offers a chance to get connected without the usual strings attached.
Staying Focused on the People Using the Product
Garza doesn’t run a large company, and that’s intentional. Nomad Internet stays small so that it can respond quickly to customers and understand what they need in their day-to-day lives. While the company partners with national providers, its main priority is to reach places that don’t usually get attention.
“We work alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, Verizon, T-Mobile, Inseego,” he said, “but we’re always the small, hungry, innovative player at the table.”
Instead of competing through size, the company concerns itself with customer service. In many areas, its service has enabled people to attend school remotely, apply for jobs, carry out their jobs remotely, or check in with family during emergencies.
Garza believes that people in rural communities deserve the same quality of service as anyone else and that they shouldn’t have to struggle to access it. That idea continues to drive the business forward and has become the central focus of the work he does.
A Plan to Give Thousands of Connections Away
One of the company’s next initiatives is called Nomad Gives, and it’s something Garza takes immense pride in. The program will take a portion of every modem sold and use it to fund free internet for those who need it most.
“Right now, it’s a program we’re about to launch,” he said. “The concept is simple, take a percentage of every modem sold and convert it into free internet lines for nonprofits, churches, schools, and low-income households.”
The goal is to give away thousands of free lines each month. It’s meant for places where a working internet connection could make a real difference.
“That’s legacy. That’s what our mission looks like in practice,” he said.
To Jaden Garza, Nomad Internet isn’t just a service, but a way to create lasting impact in communities all across the country.
Leading the Company Without Letting It Take Over
In the beginning, Garza worked around the clock to build Nomad Internet. He worked weekdays, weekends, and evenings, whatever it took to move the company forward. Looking back, he says he’d do it differently.
“I’d protect my personal time from the start,” he said. “In the early days, I worked like a maniac, days, nights, weekends. I missed moments I can’t get back.”
Now, he runs the business with a more structured schedule. He limits company work to two days each week, designating Mondays for internal meetings and Tuesdays for external business partnerships. The rest of the week is set aside for home life.
“My biggest fear is becoming the kind of leader who’s ‘always on’ but never present,” he said.
Wednesdays are for completing projects around the house, while Thursdays are dedicated to spending time with his wife, Jessica. Fridays are for one-on-one time with his kids, and Saturdays are when the entire family hangs out together. Every Sunday is reserved for rest, reflection, and faith-based activities.
This new schedule has helped him stay grounded and avoid burning out. It reminds him that while Nomad Internet is a vehicle for impact, it’s not his identity, and he doesn’t have to give up the most important things in his life to see it succeed.
It All Started at an RV Park
Nomad Internet began in 2017, when Garza and his wife launched a small business to bring better internet to RV parks in Texas. Many of these parks had unreliable WiFi that couldn’t support everyday needs like video calls or online classes.
Using his experience in Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP), Garza built a system that worked better. He used a hub-and-spoke setup, added licensed LTE, and even built poles himself when the coverage needed to stretch further.
That summer, they installed their first working system at an RV park. For the first time, residents there could work remotely, attend virtual classes, and stream content without constant problems.
Garza made himself available from the start, climbing towers, installing equipment, and making sure everything was working as it should. He still hears from people who say that the service has had a significant positive impact on their lives.
These early successes gave Garza more confidence in the business, strengthening his belief in its potential for growth.
Technology That Focuses on Usefulness
For Jaden Garza, Nomad Internet isn’t there to impress people with its new features, but to cater to what rural users need.
“We don’t innovate for the sake of looking smart,” he said. “We innovate when it makes rural life better.”
One of those systems is Nomad Oasis AI, a management tool that helps people handle their internet service more easily. It includes Nomad Explorer, which shows nearby towers and RV parks, and Nomad Shield, which blocks harmful websites. Nomad Transparency is also included, which allows families to control and filter access to the web as needed.
Each tool is designed to be straightforward so that users don’t need to spend hours trying to figure out how it works.
Nomad also supports entrepreneurs who want to start their own local internet services using the company’s systems. They don’t have to build from scratch, but can start from what’s already working well.
“At Nomad, we offer our own FWA platform where entrepreneurs can white-label our backend and build something great on top,” Garza said. “Their differentiation? How they serve, how they price, how they support customers.”
Garza often tells his marketing team not to try and be clever if it gets in the way of solving real problems. What matters most, he says, is getting to the point and bringing real value to people’s lives.
“You don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” he said, “you just have to roll it into the right neighborhood.”
Lessons From the State That Started It All
Texas is where Nomad Internet began, and it’s still the company’s largest market to this day. Garza credits the state with shaping how the business thinks, builds, and grows.
“Texas has been foundational to our story,” he said. “It’s one of the most underserved states when it comes to rural internet, and also one of the most entrepreneurial and self-reliant places in the country.”
The conditions there were tough, but that’s what made them useful. The company had to get creative, stay humble, and learn how to reach people in places most companies ignore. From there, the company expanded outward, carrying those lessons with it.
“That spirit, grit, humility, and boldness bleeds into everything we do,” Garza said.
Even as the company reaches new regions, Texas remains its home, and the reason it knows how to serve people well.
Holding On When It Would Be Easier to Quit
For Jaden Garza, Nomad Internet is the business he’s most proud of building. As someone who has founded and led multiple successful IT and tech companies since he was 18, this one feels the most personal because it solves a problem that affects real people in real ways.
No company is without its struggles, and he often talks to his kids about what it means to keep pushing forward, especially when things get difficult.
“I often ask my kids: ‘What will it take to stop you?’” he said. “Most people stop after a phone call, an obstacle, a bad day. But success requires consistency. Keep going. Breakthrough. Don’t stop.”
Still, Garza doesn’t pretend that the work is easy. When it feels like too much, he turns to a constant in his life.
“When you feel like you can’t go any further,” he said, “rely on God’s grace to carry you the rest of the way.”
Nomad Internet was built not by skipping past challenges, but by confronting them head-on, especially when resources were limited. One tower, modem, and family at a time, the business continues to make a meaningful difference in rural America, showing what’s possible when you listen to and don’t give up on people in need.
