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S p o k an e M a y o r J i m W e s t u s e s t h e n e w m un i c i p a l W i - F i n e t w o r k , c a l l e d S p o k an e H o t Z on e , w h i c h w a s l a un c h e d in t h e c i t y W e dn e s d a y in a j o in t v en t u r e b y t h e C i t y o f S p o k an e , V i v a t o , On e E i g h t y N e t w o r k s , I t r on i x , t h e D o wn t o wn S p o k an e P a r tn e r s h i p an d P u r c e l l S y s t e m s . S p o k an e H o t Z on e c o v e r s a 1 0 0 - b l o c k d o wn t o wn a r e a an d i s p a r t o f S p o k an e ' s d u a l - p u r p o s e w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k , c on s i d e r e d t o b e t h e l a r g e s t u r b an W i - F i z on e in t h e n a t i on .
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S P O K A N E - - W i t h t h e f l i p o f a s y m b o l i c s w i t c h W e dn e s d a y , 1 0 0 b l o c k s o f d o wn t o wn S p o k an e w en t w i r e l e s s .
C i t y o f f i c i a l s an d p r i v a t e d e v e l o p e r s a c t i v a t e d w h a t t h e y c a l l t h e l a r g e s t d e p l o y m en t o f w i r e l e s s In t e rn e t c o v e r a g e , a l s o kn o wn a s W i - F i , in an y u r b an a r e a in t h e Un i t e d S t a t e s .
" A l o t o f c o m m un i t i e s h a v e h o t s p o t s , " J i m W e s t , m a y o r o f t h i s c i t y o f n e a r l y 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , s a i d a t t h e c e r e m on y . " W e h a v e a h o t z on e . "
A n e w t e c hn o l o g y d e v e l o p e d b y a l o c a l c o m p an y a l l o w s In t e rn e t s i gn a l s t o b e t r an s m i t t e d m o r e t h an a m i l e , f a r b e y on d t h e t r a d i t i on a l 2 0 0 - t o 3 0 0 - f o o t r an g e o f W i - F i an t en n a s .
" T h a t p an e l i s e s s en t i a l l y w h a t ' s l i g h t in g u p t h e s t r e e t s o f S p o k an e , " W e s t s a i d , p o in t in g t o an an t en n a on t o p o f C i t y H a l l .
C i t y o f f i c i a l s s a i d t h e p r o j e c t c o s t b e t w e en $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 an d $ 7 5 , 0 0 0 .
T h e W i - F i z on e i s d i v i d e d in t o a p r i v a t e n e t w o r k f o r u s e b y c i t y o f f i c i a l s an d an o p en n e t w o r k u s e d b y t h e g en e r a l p u b l i c .
P u b l i c u s e r s c an c on n e c t t o t h e n e t w o r k f o r t w o h o u r s a d a y a t n o c h a r g e , an d s u b s c r i p t i on p l an s a r e in t h e w o r k s f o r e x t en d e d p u b l i c u s e , s a i d C h a d S k i d m o r e , p r e s i d en t o f On e E i g h t y N e t w o r k s , t h e c o m p an y t h a t p r o v i d e d t h e n e t w o r k in g f o r t h e p r o j e c t .
T h e c i t y h e l p e d b u i l d t h e n e t w o r k f o r i t s o wn u s e . M e t e r m a i d s w i l l w r i t e an d p r in t p a r k in g t i c k e t s e l e c t r on i c a l l y , u s in g h an d h e l d d e v i c e s . P o l i c e w i l l u s e c o m p u t e r s t o w r i t e t i c k e t s .
O f f i c e r s w i l l a l s o u s e w i r e l e s s d e v i c e s t o r un l i c en s e p l a t e c h e c k s , c u t t in g o u t t h e s t e p o f c a l l in g in n u m b e r s t o a d i s p a t c h e r .
" In s t e a d o f u s in g a r a d i o , w e ' l l b e a b l e t o g e t t h a t in f o r m a t i on f i r s t h an d , " s a i d o f f i c e r C r a i g B u l k l e y , w h o w a s d e m on s t r a t in g a w i r e l e s s d e v i c e on a p a t r o l m o t o r c y c l e .
P r e v i o u s l y , c i t y f i r e f i g h t e r s c on n e c t e d t o t h e i r c o m p u t e r s y s t e m s u s in g a c e l l p h on e p r o v i d e r . N o w t h e y ' l l b e a b l e t o u s e t h e c i t y ' s w i r e l e s s c on n e c t i on . T h e a b i l i t y t o b r o a d c a s t W i - F i o v e r s u c h a l a r g e a r e a c o m e s f r o m a t e c hn o l o g y s i m i l a r t o t h a t u s e d b y m o b i l e t e l e p h on e s .
V i v a t o , t h e l o c a l c o m p an y t h a t m a d e t h e an t en n a s , a d a p t e d t h a t t e c hn o l o g y an d u s e d i t t o b r o a d c a s t W i - F i s i gn a l s .
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