Wednesday, May 18, 2005

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No Business for MetroFi

Today the Cupertino Courier published a story on the "Transmitters are popping up on some utility poles" (http://www.svcn.com/archives/cupertinocourier/20050518/cu-coverstrip.shtml). In the same issue, MetroFi, the company that installed the transmitters, placed a 1/4 page ad. How about that? This is good business for the Courier. Also today, I got a promotional card from MetroFi. So the company is going high gear trying to get business from the residents of Cupertino.

Please do not do business with MetroFi. Please let your neighbors know.

According to the contract, when the company is out of business, it has to remove all the transmitters. So we want to make sure that it has no business with us.
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Monday, May 02, 2005

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Transmitters on Light Poles


When getting out of the house, check if it's in your frontyard. Posted by Hello

We all came to live in Cupertino because of the schools (Monta Vista is ranked 57th in the nation by Newsweek 5/16/05) and quality of life.

Surprise! One day, transmitters also known as repeaters sprang up on the light poles without any notification from the city to the affected residents. The city of Cupertino said that there was a public meeting on granting the right to MetroFi to install these transmitters for wireless access to the Internet. It did not know where these transmitters would be. Also it did not have any say on the health issue regarding the Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR) as it's under the jurisdiction of the FCC.

What we don't understand is that no resident was notified of the installation of the transmitters. Although the city had no idea where the transmitters were going to be, it had a master plan identifying the infrastructure, traffic lights, light poles, etc. for the company to use. In its master plan, the city condoned the installation of the transmitters in residential areas, in high schools and churches, etc. So this is to show that the city doesn't care about the citizens of Cupertino.

As there's no concrete evidence one way or the other of real health hazard with the RFR, we should at least take in consideration the health impact on our children in the future. Today we don't know. In 30 or 50 years from now, it's possible that the children who are the most exposed to RFR might develop health problems. Why don't we prevent it from happening?

What's the need to have the transmitters in residential areas and especially right across from schools such as Kennedy Middle School (one is at the corner of Bubb and Holly Oak). The city should allow the use of transmitters in commercial areas only.

People have DSL and cable modem that they can subscribe to. They don't need wireless access from home at a lower bandwidth.

So what's the solution? According to the city, we're screwed. We can't do anything.


According to us, yes, we can do something if we are all united. We don't need to support the business of MetroFi by not subscribing to its services. So DO NOT DO BUSINESS with MetroFi.


For a long shot, we should write to our senators and congressmen regarding the issue of the health hazard associated with the RFR.

If you drive along Bubb Rd, you'll see the transmitters on light poles near the corners of Monravio, Terrace, Edward, Holly Oak and Presidio. Along S. Stelling Rd, they're near Waterford, Oak Meadow, Hillview Bible Chapel, Huntridge (what an irony after PCS Sprint failed) all the way down to Homestead, and inside on Squirewood.

It's time to FIGHT BACK!

(Please click on Comments to read the city's response).


Next time when you walk in the streets of Cupertino, look up! Posted by Hello