BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The most Friday With The City event, hosted by the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, featured the new mayor of Brownsville, John Cowen, Jr.
Cowen spoke about a range of topics from the podium. He was then interviewed by Brownsville Chamber President Esmy Villarreal. After this, Cowen took questions from the audience. The event took place at the Brownsville Events Center.
One of the big topics Cowen addressed was BTX Fiber, the city's eagerly-anticipated, $90 million, fiber-to-the-home service. He gave an update during his remarks from the podium and in a Q&A with Villarreal.
Cowen said that when a resident gets connected with BTX Fiber, he or she gets the fastest internet in the area. He also said they get friendly customer service from a local team who live, work, and serve in Brownsville.
“I think it's really important to highlight that we're doing this because the existing providers were not willing to do it,” Cowen said. “I have locations for my business where I don't have the ability to get internet at all. So I have to use antennas. I have to come up with all these other solutions. There are other places in town where they just don't have the infrastructure. So the city is partnering to make sure we have that infrastructure. And we're actually going to provide a higher quality at a lower price. So I think it's a win-win for everyone in this case.”
Here is an audio recording of everything Mayor Cowen said about broadband at the Brownsville Chamber-sponsored event:
Editor's Note: The above audio story is the first in a three-part series on Brownsville Mayor John Cowen's remarks to the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce.
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