A free Wi-Fi network will cover 3 square miles in Hood River, Oregon for the next three months.

The network was provided by the Embarq Corp., which is experimenting with wireless Internet access. Hood River is the company's second test site; the first one went online in March in Henderson, Nev.

For the next 90 days, Embarq intends to test the network's capabilities and explore ways to make it operate profitably. At the end of that time, the company hopes to sell or lease the network to the City of Hood River.

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