City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns"

exphose writes "A small, hippie-friendly town in northern California, Sebastopol, had made an agreement with Sonic.net to provide free Wi-Fi across the downtown area. However, not everyone in town was pleased with the arrangement. According to Sebastopol Mayor Craig Litwin, citizens had voiced concerns that 'create enough suspicion that there may be a health hazard' and so they canceled their contract with Sonic.net. Some more details are at the blog of Sonic.net's CEO."

Take off and nuke the site from orbit.

[tgd]

Its the only way to be sure.

I don't want to have to wear a tin foil hat

[sleeponthemic]

When I'm downloading naked pictures of Bea Arthur

Stupid hippies

[Nursie]

So, something with far less power than a cell phone system and you've bought the hype.

Quick, lets go sell them some electromagnetic wave blocking paint, we could make a fortune.

Electrickery next

[gsslay]

What about that Electrickery, man? No one knows how it really works, and it, like, leaks out of the cables if you don't plug something in at the socket. And then you have pools of it lying about your floor, except you can't see it. And everyone knows things you can't see are evil, man.

Turn that shit off back at the town limits. It's the only way to be safe.

Now where's my tinfoil bandana?

Re:FM radio? TV?

[Swampash]

Well hey, lets just get rid of microwave ovens, radio stations, television signals and police radios.

You're thinking too small.

Hint: massive thermonuclear reaction taking place above our heads every day, subjecting the Earth and everything on it to almost inconceivably powerful doses of electromagnetic energy.

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legal ramifications

[publicopinion5]

Is there any way Sonic.net could sue these guys for backing out of an agreement for made-up reasons? This seems like someone not paying their bills because a unicorn told them to.

Re:FM radio? TV?

[Kamineko]

Hint: massive thermonuclear reaction taking place above our heads every day, subjecting the Earth and everything on it to almost inconceivably powerful doses of electromagnetic energy.

You reckless supervillain bastard! Do you think you could create something like that and get away with it? HMM?

Re:Lay off the weed, man!

[Wellington Grey]

WiFi signals are as harmless as any other radio signal

It's not the WiFi you should worry about, but the routers [wellingtongrey.net]...

Re:Stupid hippies

[RHSC]

hippies don't have money. It smells too much like progress and not enough like hippy ass.

Re:I don't want to have to wear a tin foil hat

[HairyCanary]

Don't mix up aluminum foil and tin foil, they are very different things...

The Truth About Wireless Devices

[Guysmiley777]

The Truth About Wireless Devices [wellingtongrey.net]

As told by Wellington Grey.

California

[BenjiTheGreat98]

This reminds me of a canister of chemicals I saw at one point:

"May cause cancer in California"

Re:Lay off the weed, man!

[PoliTech]

It's not only the routers you should worry about, but also Dihydrogen Monoxide exposure [dhmo.org]... Oh the humanity!

Re:from the blog

[tonique]

Just don't try to think about all the irradiation cell phones have received from *us*!

"Health Concerns" mask the hidden agenda

[wtansill]

Wi-fi interferes with the crystals and prevents one from being able to channel the spirits. That's the real issue that no one wants to talk about.

Re:Lay off the weed, man!

[polar red]

"don't worry, asbestos is perfectly safe"

Re:Teach her some physics.

[baboo_jackal]

Well, I don't mind if they don't want town-wide wireless internet access. I think the internet will be a better place if these types of people *don't* have access.

Stupid luddites!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear cameras are also banned within the city limits, lest you snap a photo of the townspeople and steal their souls.

Re:Teach her some physics.

[severoon]

I think I know where you're going with this argument, but no one has ever jumped so many homeless people on a skateboard. It's reckless of you to ask—it's impossible...no, I won't do it!