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For years, Eckert said, the only reliable internet connection she’s had is through her cell phone. She's used it as a Wi-Fi hot spot to operate every facet of her business that requires internet -- including all of her point-of-sale, card-swipe transactions. That’s a different world from nearby ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½, where business owners typically take fast and reliable internet for granted.

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The city of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½ has made no final decisions on how it might spend the $11.68 million it’ll receive in federal American Rescue Plan funding, but it’s got a wish list of possible projects that total more than $29 million—almost three times the size of the city’s COVID-19 pandemic relief allocation.