Comments on: SSM! Bumper Stickers and Limited Edition T-Shirts Available https://stopsmartmeters.org/2014/10/19/bumper-stickers-and-ltd-edition-t-shirts-available/ Fighting for health, privacy, and safety Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 By: passing this on - standing up and saying no more to wireless bombardment in our Forests and Nature Parks - Protecting Mother Nature's Bill of Rights https://stopsmartmeters.org/2014/10/19/bumper-stickers-and-ltd-edition-t-shirts-available/#comment-1125000 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:07:11 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=7572#comment-1125000 fyi:

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Can Old Faithful compete with Netflix? The prospect of streaming wireless service deep inside Yellowstone National Park is re-igniting the debate over whether there should be any place off limits to technology.

Park officials are in discussions with CenturyLink about installing a $34 million fiber-optic line into Yellowstone’s interior, dramatically improving connectivity in certain areas for mobile devices.

The proposal — still in its initial stages — comes as concession companies push for improved digital access in national parks including Arizona’s Grand Canyon and Texas’ Big Bend to Maine’s Acadia.

Details on the Yellowstone proposal were obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility through a public record request. The group argues that bumping up the park’s bandwidth will create more electronic distractions at the expense of the park’s natural wonders.

]]> By: reporter https://stopsmartmeters.org/2014/10/19/bumper-stickers-and-ltd-edition-t-shirts-available/#comment-1124870 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 01:42:36 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=7572#comment-1124870 I believe you have all overlooked a key element in the Smart Meter discussion: Once the meters are installed, PG&E can start firing meter readers and use the money saved to increase corporate profits and executive salaries (the whole point of the so-called upgrade). Their “opt-out” program requires customers to pay an initial $75, plus an additional $10 a month to “install” analog meters which, of course, are already the ones in use and don’t have to be installed. In other words, the customers are being asked to increase their bills to pay for equipment that will lower the costs for PG&E. Shouldn’t lower costs mean lower bills, instead of the reverse?

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