From A. Shivani Doug Loranger (founder of San Francisco Antenna-Free Union–SNAFU) will be appearing along with Dr. Olle Johannson of Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska Institute on Layna Berman’s “Your Own Health and Fitness” radio program (http://www.yourownhealthandfitness.org) on Tuesday, Nov. 29 from 1-2pm Pacific Standard Time on KPFA radio to discuss the health issues related to Wi-Fi
Read more →From Anne Wagstaff: Stay tuned, wireless broadband’s the way to go August 29, 2005 The Sydney Morning Herald Margot Saville looks at the three companies that dominate the market. Workers beware – there’s a new way for the boss to contact you 24/7. It’s being marketed as a product that frees you up to work
Read more →Newsom seeks aid in getting city online By Guy Ashley CONTRA COSTA TIMES SAN FRANCISCO-Laptop computers and personal digital assistants are as essential as frothy cappuccino in this city, so it only makes sense for San Francisco to launch a bold initiative to make wireless Internet access available from every park bench, office tower and
Read more →More on WLAN (WiFi) systems from Tony Palanca from Tower Sanity: www.linksys.com The attached URL from the worlds leading home wireless network provider (linksys) has new solutions that provide broadband connectivity 500 meters from the “little tower” that you buy. This wireless LAN/router costs a couple of hundred dollars and is designed to be set
Read more →The following message from Frans van Velden suggests some very interesting “community based” research that could be done by community groups such as “Mast Sanity” in the U.K. and “Tower Sanity” in Australia, just to name two. Example: In schools, homes and workplaces that have WiFi (WLAN) systems installed. Install a caged canary in the
Read more →Don, You may be interested in some maps I’ve come across which plot the location of wireless computer base stations in two US cities. A company called Skyhook Wireless has made these maps because they are using the base stations as an alternative to GPS positioning. They give an indication of how widespread and inescapable
Read more →Some time ago a local Trade Union rep. expressed concern to me that his daughter’s school was going for wireless laptops. Since then, many of our local private schools in Hobart have gone the wireless way, as a result of hard sales pitches by wireless companies – “after all you must stay on top of
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