For Tai, the internet has always been there, and it’s hard to imagine life without it. It seems almost like it’s everywhere, all at once, like magical little clouds filled with information above us. But there’s a very real, physical system that allows him to send cat memes to friends or submit his homework. He calls up Nicole Starosielski, and she explains how the internet isn’t in the clouds—it’s in hose-sized tubes stretching across the ocean and server rooms. Tai goes to Lake Ontario to look at some of these internet cables, and checks out the fragile and expensive system that keeps his life running. Janice Gates and Tai talk about community internet networks and how they can bring high speed connections to low income residents.