Two downtown Tucson plazas will become Wi-Fi hot spots, where people with portable wireless devices can tap into the Internet free.

The Tucson Wi-Fi Alliance and several business and government entities banded together to wire Jacome Plaza in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library and El Presidio Plaza outside City Hall and the Pima County administration buildings. The wireless system will be switched on at a ceremony at 9 a.m. May 23.

"This story is about people coming together to set up a free Wi-Fi zone," said Alecia Miller, the alliance president and the project manager for launching these hot spots. "A lot of cities have done this, but I don't think any other city has done this where everything is donated." Full Story...