Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common House Technology Cost Savings

[Lavinia Weissman (subscriptions]

Dear Cohousing Citizens:

RE: Installation of wifi community networks and other:

In a community, especially with children, you need to consider health
risks of EMF (non-ionizing radiation).  Children are more susceptible and
at risk for brain tumors and childhood leukemia under age 19.

This article that I wrote in November will link you to all the research
groups involved.

www.strategy-business.com/li/leadingideas/li00004

subscription is free.

While most research is pertaining to cell phones and cell phone antennas,
there is a growing resource of wifi research occurring at this time.  If
you subscribe to RSS feeds on this topic you will be exposed to the
growing resource and controversy.  I view exercising precaution based on
the precautionary principle, essential when it comes to this, especially
because it involves children.

While I speak on this professionally and facilitate intersector community
meetings as a professional facilitator --- I also invite any community
leader to print out my article and share it within a community as a
resource of education.  The article was just reviewed by approx. 75 people
attending a school district meeting in Sonoma with respect.

At present, in the US and abroad, telecommunications companies are part of
a stagnate industry. They alter and create political positioning, as
recently happened in Colorado around a digital antenna in the Golden, Co.
area, so you cannot rely on education from the industry or most
politicians.  What you can do as communities is ask your communication
companies to become more educated in the area of hydrogen science, e.g.
the science that is the basis for this company in the Albany, New York
Area:  www.plugpower.com.

There are many manufacturers who now recognize this as a problem,
including a cosmetic company called Clarins that is manufacturing skin
related products for EMF protection.  www.clarus.com is another company
dedicated to examining the science and providing protection. Someone on
this list asked about solar powered cell phones. I am not aware of a
company doing this and would love to know if someone identifies that.

In the interim around use of communication technology, Dr. George Carlo of
the US, who is an advocate for alternatives that include fiberoptics,
recently spoke in the UK through the network led by my colleague, Eileen
O'Connor, www.radiationresearch.org.  You can probably find a copy of that
presentation on this site.

Best,
Lavinia Weissman
www.workecology.com/redesign2



On Sat, April 7, 2007 2:54 pm, Stuart Joseph wrote:
> I have been getting quotes in our area, but cable doesn't get to where
> our property is located and DSL might also be a problem.
>
> Our local ISP (sovernet) will get us a T1 line to the Common House and
> we would use a wireless network from there. The cost of the T1 line is
> $400.00 per month and it would be divided up among the members.
>
> We feel wireless is the way to go since there are no problems or costs
> for running the wires and it is an easy hookup to do and it would be
> available all over the property. It would be secure so nonmembers can't
> access it.
>
> I have had a wireless network in our house for years and have not had
> any problems with it, except when the cable modem goes down.
> Stuart
>
> Robert Heinich wrote:
>> Tim Mensch wrote "At Pleasant Hill Cohousing, we have a single business
>> Internet connection that we distribute to all 32 households.  The 6Mbps
>> connection costs $180/month, so only about $5.62/household"
>>
>> That's great!  Who built the infrastructure to distribute the signal and
>> who maintains the infrastructure?  Maybe I should look into
>> redistributing FiOS when it comes into our area.
>>
>> When I was looking into a community-wide wireless network, I checked
>> with Time-Warner on redistributing their signal from the Common House
>> and here are the prices they quoted me:
>>    2Mbps x1Mbps $199.95/month
>>    2Mbps x2Mbps $299.95/month
>>    4Mbps x2Mbps $399.95/month
>>
>> As wireless can be iffy, I proposed that the community be connected with
>> cable internet.
>>
>> So I am very interested how you distributed the service so maybe I can
>> catch the wave of increased bandwidth.
>>
>> -Robert Heinich
>>  Eno Commons Cohousing
>>  Durham, NC
>>  where after an early Spring we will see temperatures in the 20s tonight
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