My standard response to something like that goes something like this: A standard wireless NIC in your laptop computer transmits at roughly 30mW, a miniscule amount of energy. Your cellphone, on the other hand, transmits up to 600mW. That's 20 times the energy being radiated right next to your brain. How worried are you about holding that cell phone near your head?
Not only that, our wireless LAN access points also transmit at the same 30-60mW range. Cell phone basestations, on the other hand, routinely transmit at around 100 WATTS (not milliWatts). The biggest of the two points, though, is the first one. The amount of radiated energy is much less from a standard off-the-shelf wireless NIC than your cell phone. Many many people are using cell phones these days. -- --Mike ----------------------------------- Michael Griego Wireless LAN Project Manager The University of Texas at Dallas ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
