Wi-Fi Dangerous?

A week or two ago I was watching a program about the dangers of Wi-Fi. I honestly could not take the topic seriously. They interviewed people that did research on Wi-Fi and its apparent dangers. They did speak to some children that did get headaches after their school installed Wi-Fi. I can understand the concern of a small group of children getting headaches and it is unfortunate that some people feel sick because of it. I don't think that because of this that Wi-Fi is dangerous to the general population. These children may just be allergic to the Wi-Fi or in better words more sensitive to radio frequencies. I find people saying Wi-Fi because of some people that are affected by it saying the equivalent of peanuts are dangerous because some people are allergic to them. Wi-Fi is a great internet solution why would school boards decide to string Ethernet cable all around which is a lot more expensive solution when they are already strapped for cash. For the apparent dangers of Wi-Fi to actually be taken seriously more people need to be affected by it because the majority of people aren't affected and aren't even aware of its existence. We definitely shouldn't worry; after all it may just be the people with these symptoms that are the problem not the Wi-Fi.

WiFi Hotspots

During the past few years there has been a increase in Wi-Fi hot spots. More and more restaurants have started having them and have advertised them. A few years ago there were few hot spots; this is probably partly because small Wi-Fi devices (i.e. IPod touches, Nintendo dsis) weren't on the market yet. Many people looking for Wi-Fi access where laptop user but this isn't the case now with iPod touches and even some smart phones such as blackberries and other smart phones  that can also access Wi-Fi networks. Driving through a big city now with an IPod touch you can see how many people also have a home network and how many restaurants have free Wi-Fi. Some smaller restaurants have also have taken advantage of this trend. I saw a  commercial while watching the Tacoma Washington station advertising that Mc Donald's there have free Wi-Fi.  Wi-Fi hotspots are a selling feature for many business people and the everyday facebookers. Hotels often decide to have a hotel wide Wi-Fi network instead of having internet hook ups in each room as it is a lot cheaper. This idea also doesn't discriminate against laptop users (unless very old) but if there are just internet hookups in each room then an IPod touch user can't access the internet. Over all Wi-Fi hotspots are a great idea for restaurants and hotels in this day of fast communication and people always wanting to be connected. Some places that you wouldn't expect to have Wi-Fi hotspots also have them such as hockey arenas and some cities also have a city wide wireless network, but these networks you often need a subscription for.