[WEB4LIB] Re: Wireless

[Dan Lester]

The question isn't the frequency, but the power.  The power level of a
microwave oven is a couple of orders of magnitude higher than that of
a wireless network.  The same is true of cell phones.  There is no
documented proof of danger from cell phones (other than from idiots
driving on the freeway while chatting, of course), and you're going to
be much closer to the cell phone than to the wireless modem.

dan


Monday, April 30, 2001, 9:19:14 AM, you wrote:


>> I'll second that security > comment:http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2681947,
>> 00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews 01

IW> What about health hazards? Our IT people are testing wireless access at
IW> present and since the frequency they are using is the same as a microwave
IW> oven they wondered if there could be problems. I haven't looked for
IW> information yet, but is anyone aware of any hazards?

IW> Also if they decide to go for wireless they would like to run portable thin
IW> clients from a Citrix server. Anyone have any relevant experience of this?

IW> Thanks.

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