22/05/2007: The Great Wi-Fi Controversy

Last night, Panorama broadcast Wi-Fi: a warning signal unmasking the “controversy” over Wi-Fi health risks.

This is one of those many controversies in science that are not really controversies as far as the vast majority of scientists are concerned, such as the “controversy” over whether global warming is caused by changes in solar output.

Panorama quotes Sir William Stewart as stating that there is a lack of evidence as to the safety of Wi-Fi. However, the difficulty of proving a negative is well acknowledged within scientific circles. As an example, to prove that there is extraterrestrial life is easy — you just need to find an alien. To prove that there is no extraterrestrial life anywhere, you need to travel to every single planet in the universe and check in every crater, under every rock and behind every hill that there is nothing living — this is virtually impossible, and…

23/04/2007: London Goes Wi-Fi

The square mile now has Wi-Fi. The Cloud, as it is called, is to be free for the first month, but after that there will be a charge.

Contrast this with the proposed San Francisco Municipal Wireless scheme, and the Cloud starts to look fairly weak. In contrast with London’s single square mile of coverage, the San Francisco scheme will cover a much larger area, and will be provided free of cost to the end user.

Compared to what they’re rolling out in San Francisco, and many other US cities for that matter, the Cloud is just a glorified version of what’s already running in every coffee house in South East England.

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22/05/2007: The Great Wi-Fi Controversy

23/04/2007: London Goes Wi-Fi