With the digital divide alive and well in rural Tennessee, state lawmakers went looking for solutions to bring high speed internet to remote areas. Unfortunately, their solution was to give telecom monopolies like Comcast and AT&T millions of dollars to expand into these areas yet offer speeds well below what’s considered high speed access. Natalie McGill covers Tennessee’s willingness to kowtow to corporations at the expense of their residents who need broadband for more than just awesome cat videos.