Free downtown Wi-Fi returning to Spokane, WA

Two Liberty Lake companies and the city of Spokane will collaborate to revive the Spokane HotZone, a 100-square-block area in the downtown core that provides free Wi-Fi.

Ptera Wireless and TierPoint, both based in Liberty Lake, have agreed to revive the service, which has been plagued by hardware failures and sporadic disruptions.

Launched in 2004, the HotZone’s organizers said it would be a deal-making service that would boost economic development in the heart of the city.

Full Story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/02/in-brief-free-downtown-wi-fi-returning/