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Brownsville (TX) Mayor John Cowen: We’re providing high speed internet because the existing ISPs wouldn’t (Rio Grande Guardian)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 07/07/2023 - 11:43Charter Communications does not like Brownsville, Texas's new universal access broadband network
Telecom giant Charter Communications, known to many as Spectrum, does not like the City of Brownsville (TX)'s new multi-million broadband network project. That was made clear by Todd Baxter, Charter’s group vice president for state government affairs. When asked about how he thinks the state of Texas should get fully wired -- and whether it was the job of the private sector, public-private partnerships, municipal broadband or a combination -- Baxter said, "Brownsville is very well served and ubiquitously served by the private sector right now.