SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Wasatch Broiler and Grill, a popular downtown Salt Lake City restaurant, now offers HOTSPOTZZ high-speed wireless Internet service for its tech-savvy clientele. Wasatch Broiler's customers can enjoy their grill fare while surfing the ŒNet or checking e-mail.

Wasatch Broiler has partnered with HOTSPOTZZ, one of the nationıs largest providers of wireless hot spots based in Salt Lake City, to offer high-speed wireless access to its ŒNet hungry customers. HOTSPOTZZ utilizes 802.11b technology backed by high-speed broadband Internet access to connect customers to the Internet. Customers use Wi-Fi enabled laptops and other mobile devices to connect to the Internet anywhere within the coverage area of the access point.

Wasatch Broiler is a great place to offer high-speed wireless Internet, said Henry Smith, HOTSPOTZZ CEO. Their customers are very tech-savvy and many have requested it.

The fee for using Wasatch Broiler's wireless service varies between different plans: from approximately $2.95 for a one-hour scratch card to the $5.95 pay-as-you-go service for 12 hours to $19.95 per month for unlimited national usage.

We are thrilled to offer our valued customers wireless Internet access, said Larry Mamey, Wasatch Broiler and Grillıs owner. Many of our customers have asked for wireless Internet access in the past, so Iım pleased to make wireless a reality for Wasatch.

The Wi-Fi market is rapidly expanding and becoming mainstream. According to Gartner, consumers and businesses are expected to spend $1.7 billion on Wi-Fi equipment. By 2006, there are expected to be 89,000 public Wi-Fi network access points and more than 99 million Wi-Fi users worldwide, Gartner says. According to The Wireless LAN Report by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Equity Research, We believe the industry is currently reaching a major inflection point for widespread adoption, which leads us to leave this overall message to service providers and major communications OEMs ­ 802.11b is a disruptive technology. Get on the train, or get hit by the train.

You can tell if local restaurants, coffee shops or hotels offer HOTSPOTZZ high-speed wireless Internet access by looking for the red, white and blue HOTSPOTZZ window sign near location entrances or by visiting the HOTSPOTZZ Web site at www.hotspotzz.com . Check out Wasatch Broilerıs wireless offering and get a map to their location by visiting the HOTSPOTZZ.com Locations page. Several Salt Lake City hotels, resorts, restaurants and coffee shops will soon offer HOTSPOTZZ technology.