Downtown Beverly might soon be covered by a wireless network that will let people with laptop computers access the Internet while sitting inside coffee shops or outside on benches.

The Beverly Chamber of Commerce is trying to raise the estimated $10,000 it would cost to establish so-called Wi-Fi hot spots in the downtown business district. Salem set up the technology in a section of its downtown in 2004. It’s available on Newbury Street in Boston, as well as in other major cities across the country.

Via: Salem News