Posted on 05/27/2008 11:24:15 AM PDT by Kimmers
A group in Santa Fe says the city is discriminating against them because they say that they're allergic to the wireless Internet signal. And now they want Wi-Fi banned from public buildings.
Arthur Firstenberg says he is highly sensitive to certain types of electric fields, including wireless Internet and cell phones.
"I get chest pain and it doesn't go away right away," he said.
Firstenberg and dozens of other electro-sensitive people in Santa Fe claim that putting up Wi-Fi in public places is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The city attorney is now checking to see if putting up Wi-Fi could be considered discrimination.
But City Councilor Ron Trujillo says the areas are already saturated with wireless Internet.
"It's not 1692, it's 2008. Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology, it's not going away," Trujillo said.
The city attorney hopes to have a legal recommendation by the end of the month.
You know the drill.
Don't they have analog television signals flying around the area there? Like for the past 50 or so years, maybe more?
No analog or digital radio waves anywhere in the city?
No radar at the airport?
Doesn't the guy have any electrical power at home? A microwave? Fridge? Hair Dryer? Toaster? Light bulbs of various types?
What a drama queen.
Boy, do I ever.
WTFIIWWiFiINM?
I believe a ‘WiFi’ signal is around 28MW or 28 milliwatts.
There are plenty of other signals they will encounter at work that are stronger.
Or is it the smaller wavelength they’re complaining about?
It’s just another scam artist looking to score a quick buck with a frivolous lawsuit
The second-hand smoke nazis unlocked this door. You really can’t blame these freaks for opening it just a little further.
The frequencies used for Wi-Fi (2.4Ghz) are the same as for cordless phones and common kitchen microwave ovens. Add the cell phones operating at 1.9 Ghz and these guys are absolutely positive that their problem is the Wi-Fi, which uses very little power? LOL
“Technophobe suffering a panic attack because he keeps forgetting his tinfoil beanie?”
Oh, I’m sure he’s got his tinfoil hat on - it’s just wound a little too tight.
Have they got any scientific and/or medical proof that any such condition actually exists? And I mean from real doctors and/or scientists, not some “alternative medicine” holistic, homeopathic, therapeutic touch whacko.
OK, dude. Let's put you and an antenna inside a Faraday cage. The transmitter hooked to the antenna gets turned on and off randomly over, say, an hour's period of time.
If you're really that sensitive to electric fields, pressing a button when the field is present will allow you to exactly match the transmitter's random pattern. Until and unless that test is done, I ain't buyin' this crap.
NM Ping
“I get chest pain and it doesn’t go away right away,” said the 425 lb Firstenberg.
Santa Fe is nothing but a bunch of echo nuts and do nothing artsy craftsy hippies that never grew up.
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