Spokane Mayor Jim West uses the new municipal Wi-Fi network called the SpokaneHotZone launched in a joint venture Wednesday, June, 23, 2004, in Spokane, Wash., by the City of Spokane, Vivato, OneEighty Networks, Itronix, the Downtown Spokane Partnership, and Purcell Systems. SpokaneHotZone covers a 100-block downtown area and is part of Spokane's dual-purpose wireless network, considered to be the largest urban wi-fi zone in the nation. The new technologies were developed as an economic development tool to enhance Spokane's $1.1 billion downtown revitalization projects, which began in 1999. (AP Photo/Rockey Hill & Knowlton, Jeff T. Green) ORG XMIT: WAJG102
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