Tempe businessman Mike Nasco of WAZ-Tempe is working to set up a broadband wireless communications network, or Wi-Fi, that would cover the outdoor areas in downtown Tempe. On Thursday, he spoke to the Tempe City Council about his plans.

It would be the first such network in Arizona. Others cities that have created such networks in outdoor areas include Spokane, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; and San Mateo, Calif. Full Story...