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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Boulder Junction’s ‘Aggressive’ Fiberoptic Broadband Plan to Set Northwoods Standard
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:49
	Publish Date:		2021-01-07 09:26:39
	Description:		The internet connection was working as expected at Coontail Market in Boulder Junction on Tuesday. The grocery, convenience, and outdoor sports store could accept credit cards and access its servers. But it’s not always like this. At least once a week, said owner Steve Coon, there is some sort of internet issue. “It happens way too frequently with DSL, which is the product, of course, that most rural areas have,” he said. Coon said internet service is not only slow, it’s unreliable. “Everything that we do is pretty much broadband-based. When the broadband goes out, it’s obviously a problem,” he said. Internet outages force the store into a workaround to take credit cards and mean its servers struggle to connect with the second Coontail location in Arbor Vitae. Coon’s level of frustration is widespread in Boulder Junction. Down the street, public library director Cherie Sanderson saw a nearby pavilion turn into an impromptu outdoor office space in 2020. “We never envisioned what this
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