In 2018, the state created the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund to encourage internet providers to expand to "rural, unserved areas."
However, the initiative caused uproar last year when one of those areas ended up being Marina Marin, the Lake Martin subdivision once second home to former Auburn coach, now-Senator Tommy Tuberville. Charter Communications subsidiary Spectrum Southeast received nearly $250,000 to bring internet to the waterfront community.
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