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Friday, February 26, 2010

Neighborhoods What's That Buzzing Sound?

Posted by Stefan Kamph on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Now that Clear is rapidly pursuing its dream to bring plodding, intermittent wireless internet into thousands of Portland homes, its transmission equipment is popping up across the city. Not everyone's happy about the idea.

Or, NIMBY for short.
  • Or, "NIMBY" for short.
Neighbors in Beaumont-Wilshire passed a resolution at their meeting in January "by overwhelming vote" to tell Clear not to install antennas at NE 37th and Fremont.

Now neighbors around the site are putting up signs on their lawns, like the one pictured here.

Health risks from radiation aren't the only concern: the Beaumont-Wilshire neighbors say city code requires the company to look for less populated sites first, and that the equipment makes too much noise.

Clear wants to mount its antenna on an existing utility pole outside the Wilshire Market. It previously wanted to put it in a school, but Portland Public schools agreed to stop installing antennas on its property after a public outcry over health concerns last year.

Last spring, the City of Portland, led by Amanda Fritz, asked the Federal government to do more studies on the effects of wireless signals on public health.

Speaking of antennas and schools, a couple weeks ago Jack Bog's blog pointed out this little farce out in Gresham. Log on, kids!

 

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Health concerns? What a load of shit. There have been numerous studies done and there's nothing to fear from RF. And if there were, if it's as hard to hammer down as it has been it's certainly not worth worrying about. People die running cable for wired internet.
Posted by Anony Mouse on February 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM · Report
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Oh, and if we're really going to be afraid of this stuff, jumping all over this digital Clear stuff and cell phone towers is just silly. There are magnitudes more power shooting out of AM radio antennas.
Posted by Anony Mouse on February 26, 2010 at 2:32 PM · Report
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Please cite a peer-reviewed study that demonstrates health risks from wireless or cease this annoying conjecture.
Posted by Suburban Porn King on February 26, 2010 at 3:11 PM · Report
4
Tin foil hats to the rescue!
Posted by IseWise on February 26, 2010 at 5:03 PM · Report
5
all they want is proof wireless sites wont hurt you. I want proof that my fuzzy-wuzzy wont hurt me--so hand it over or fuzzy gets it!!
Posted by nopoboy on February 26, 2010 at 11:50 PM · Report

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