The quiet zone: the US town where Wi-Fi is banned

Sunday Morning

English - March 21, 2020 20:37 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB
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The Green Bank Radio Telescope is the largest steerable telescope in the world. The telescope needs to be isolated from all the radio noise that humanity produces. Which means that WiFi in Green Bank is both unavailable and banned.