Subject: A Brave New Wireless (Blue) World! (Mitchell).
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 185536 -0600
From: Roy Beavers
To: guru
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Subject: A Brave New Wireless World!
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:21:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Cirrus Six
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To: roy@emfguru.com
Hello!
First of all I want to express how much I appreciate everyone's mail on this
list--it's like getting a crash-course in EMF/RF BioHazards!
I've been familiar with the danger of RF being a HAM, but was only just
aware of the potential for harm from ALOT of EMF & RF over the last couple
of years, as a close friend has a terrible case of Electric
Hypersensitivity.
I work as a technical consultant for Internet banking products, and over the
last year or two I've been keeping an eye on the "Wireless Wave" that will
soon start to surge.
As if standard EMF/RF from Power lines, cell phone & microwave towers and
even Doppler isn't bad enough to make you "Blue" (World), but now on the
horizon are all sorts of new Wireless Internet & Network devices. That will
make the Internet as we know it, look like Morse Code vs. Broadcast
satellite TV!
Many of you may already be familiar with the following, but in case you
aren't, it will help you see why this is SUCH a battle! The is *huge*
amounts of money at stake worldwide and the the complete "re-creation" of
global communications is at hand. So there is no way anyone will admit that
this potential health problem exists, otherwise a lot of money will be lost
and man will stay in the "dark ages" of wired communications!
Mark Mitchell
"Relativity"
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What are Presently making up Fixed Wireless Frequencies:
Unlicensed: 2.4 GHz & 5.7 GHz or UNII Band
Licensed: MMDS & LMDS (31-38 GHz)
http://www.okcchamber.com/smallbiztech/sld012.htm
Wireless LAN Networks (2.4 GHz) http://www.webgear.com/iapro_overview.html
New Bluetooth Radio LANs & connected devices (2.4 GHz)
http://www.bluetooth.com/link/spec/bluetooth_a.pdf
(Acrobat Reader Format)
The demand for wireless networked digital devices:
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/384/zimmerman.html
Personal Tracking Devices:
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/001029/15/wireless-tracking
"Enter location tracking, coming to a mobile device near you. Features that
one day can pinpoint your whereabouts to within the length of a football
field raise enormous privacy concerns, but they also offer enormous
benefits.
The challenge will be determining where to draw the line.
Consider a technology to be unveiled Monday. Called Digital Angel, a
microchip worn close to the body promises to record a person's biological
parameters and send distress signals during medical emergencies.
But misused, these types of capabilities could amount to virtual stalking."
The Bandwidth widened for wireless devices
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh475.htm
More Coverage:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/wireless000317.html
"...The commission [The Federal Communications Commission] has taken
particular interest in software-defined radio as a way to better manage the
nation's airwaves. The technology enables devices to seek out pockets of the
airwaves that are not being used locally and adapt to those frequencies.
For example, if several broadcasters are covering the same sporting match,
they could use software-defined radios to seek out frequencies that taxi
drivers in the area might not be using in order to broadcast, according to
commission officials."
Nominations from FDA's Center from Device and Radiological Health
Radio Frequency Radiation Emissions of Wireless Communication Devices (CDRH)
stated in Feb. 2000 that Over 80 million Americans currently use wireless
communications devices with about 25 thousand new users DAILY.
http://www.goaegis.com/fda_letter0200.html
And The Industry Standard 10/30/2000 p. 127 states: "...[there are] roughly
100 million mobile phone users in the United States, according to Tom Lee
at Chase H&Q."
With More On The Way:
FCC Increases Wireless Spectrum Five-fold (9/2/2000)
http://www.cellular.co.za/news_2000/news09022000_fcc_increases_wireless_spectrum_.htm
According to International Data Corp. (IDC), the number of people using
wireless devices to connect to the Internet will increase by 728 percent by
2003. That's an increase from 7.4 million US users in 1999 to 61.5 million
users.
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/hardware/article/0,1323,5921_328701,00.html
And According to IDC, the factors driving the shift to wireless Internet
access include e-customer care for carriers, e-billing, and notification
services.
The Strategis Group also expects an increase in the number of Web-enabled
Smartphones. According to Strategis Group research, revenue from the sale of
Smartphones is projected to grow more than ninefold by 2005 to $7.8 billion.
Smartphone sales this year are expected be bring in $867 million.
"Smartphone manufacturers tell us that beginning next year the majority of
new handset models will be wireless application protocol-enabled," said
Cynthia Hswe, analyst with The Strategis Group. "This creates a unique
supply and demand situation where new users will receive handsets with
wireless data capabilities whether they plan to use them or not. We estimate
annual Smartphone sales will reach 60.3 million units by 2005."
The Strategis Group also estimates there will be 9.5 million mobile
high-speed data subscribers by 2005; 6.8 million of them business
subscribers, and 2.8 million of them residential subscribers. In a survey of
current wireless phone users, more than one-third said they would be
interested in a wireless phone that can access the Internet. Even among
non-users of wireless phones, The Strategis Group survey showed 20 percent
would be interested in a wireless phone with the ability to access the
Internet.
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/wireless/article/0,,10094_342491,00.html
Soooo, if you thought you had a lot to worry about with Cell & Power
Towers...just wait until the Wireless Tidal Wave hits in the next 2 years.
Mark.
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