The Town Without Wi-Fi

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/

by pallian • 12 years ago

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pallian• 12 years ago

"In Green Bank, you can’t make a call on your cell phone, and you can’t text on it, either. Wireless internet is outlawed, as is Bluetooth. It’s a premodern place by design, devoid of the gadgets and technologies that define life today. And thanks to Uncle Sam, it will stay that way: The town is part of a federally mandated zone where a government high-tech facility’s needs come first. Wireless signals are verboten."

lkbm• 12 years ago

They’re radio telescopes. So instead of putting your eye to the apparatus and looking for distant stars, you listen for them.

At what wavelength do we consider it listening instead of looking? IR is still "looking". Microwaves, on the other hand, may fall under "listening".

ChrisArchitect• 12 years ago

misleading title - kids using smartphones on wifi to get on internet and communicate with friends.

The Town Without Wi-Fi

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