Farmer fights broadband internet tower over garlic
September 18, 2009
As broadband internet service providers expand their high speed networks, a lot of new infrastructure is being built. Sometimes a new wireless 3G tower is not welcomed by local property owners.
In one recent dispute, a Nova Scotia garlic farmer has objected to the construction of a broadband internet transmission tower because he fears the radio waves will mutate his garlic crop, according to the Chronicle Herald of Canada.
Recently, there has also been renewed interest in Congress in conducting more research into radiation from wireless devices like broadband enabled mobile devices.
There is no conclusive evidence that the small amounts of radiation from cell phones cause health problems, which is why some researchers want to reexamine the issue.
The demand for enhanced broadband internet services is putting a lot of pressure on wireless carriers and broadband internet providers to increase their capacity. Growing use of smartphone devices like the iPhone means more cell towers and digging up streets to lay broadband fiber-optic cables.
Sometimes competing interests means somebody's garlic ends up in the shadow of a cell phone tower.
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