With the spotlight currently on crime in South Africa, much has been said about the importance of carrying cellphones on one's person at all times but not enough has been said about the risks - cellphones are still the primary motivation for muggings!
According to Stats SA's "Victims of Crime Survey" for the 2018 period, cellphones are the most likely thing to be stolen off your person, with nearly half a million incidents reported last year. And they're also one of the most likely items to be stolen during a housebreaking (accounting for nearly a quarter of total goods stolen.) So stay vigilant, contribute to building stronger community and don't be over-reliant on that tech for your safety!
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With Telkom's announcement that it plans to shut down its copper network and no longer support that infrastructure, what are the alternative options for homes and businesses dependent on landlines and ADSL?
According to MyBroadband, "Moving from ADSL to fibre is a no-brainer in areas where the technology is available, as fibre is both cheaper and faster than copper-based broadband."
According to Web Africa, fibre optic solutions are now cheaper than ADSL so it definitely makes sense to migrate landlines and computers to run off that network.
But what about those areas which don't yet have fibre, typically the less affluent or outlying areas, including all townships? " It is in areas where Telkom ADSL customers do not have fibre coverage that the company will encounter difficulties moving customers away from copper."
Those without the option to migrate to fibre will be encouraged to adopt LTE (4G wireless communication), increasing the risk of health and environmental harm in these areas. This should be opposed.
After years of waiting for affordable fibre to be rolled out to townships in SA, Telkom recently rolled out fibre to Soweto. "According to Telkom Group Chief Executive, Mr. Sipho Maseko, Telkom has invested in fibre to the home in SOWETO because Telkom believes that access to broadband has become a necessity for human and economic development. Addressing students of Orlando West High School, Maseko said the availability of the fibre will help Sowetans bridge the digital divide by bringing the world to people’s doorstep."
We agree completely but believe that this is not nearly enough - all available funds should be directed to offering fibre nationwide before throwing money at 5G which is a less sustainable long term solution for this country. And it would ultimately make more financial sense getting the right solution in place from the outset!
Sources:
mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/316431-what-to-expect-when-telkom-turns-off-your-adsl.html
africabusinesscommunities.com/tech/tech-news/soweto-becomes-first-south-african-township-to-get-f...
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On Day 4 of the 5G Summit, Kevin Mottus (CA Senate candidate and outreach director for the CA Brain Tumour Association) explains the captured regulatory system in the US, starting with the FCC (the Federal Communications Commission). A Harvard Ethics report entitled "Captured Agency: How The FCC Is Dominated By The Industries It Presumably Regulates" details the ways in which the telecom industry uses the same playbook as tobacco when it comes to lobbying and strategies to influence public perception.
When pressed for answers, the FCC say that they take advisement from the FDA, but in reality it is the FCC that has primary responsibility for these exposure. And according to the FCC's website "there is no federally mandated radiofrequency exposure standard". So it's important to understand that the FDA's role is purely an advisory one which is also heavily influenced by the wireless industry.
[Aside: In South Africa we have a similar situation where our Department of Environmental Affairs say they take direction from the Department of Health who have said in Parliament that they have no funding or skills for research here and defer to the Directorate for Radiation Control (DRC). The DRC's Leon du Toit - who has reported to industry/ICNIRP's WHO EMF Project for over 15 years - has repeatedly warned South African councils that “local and other authorities... should not attempt, from a public health point of view, to set any restrictions with respect to parameters such as height of the mast, distance to the mast & duration of exposure.” This is yet another clear example of the fox tending the hen house...]
To learn more about why your government isn't protecting you and what you can do to protect yourself better, there are still 6 hours to catch Kevin's talk or that of the 5 other speakers from Day 4
Or you could purchase the full 5G Summit package with all the interviews on a flash drive. Better to inform yourself offline if you don't yet have cabled computer access...
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Robert F Kennedy Jnr (JFK's nephew) was one of the speakers on Day 1 of the 5G summit where you can find a full transcript of his interview. The video is still available online for the next 6 hours or you could watch in your own time if you purchase the package.
Here’s an extract from the transcript of Robert's views:
"A few months ago, the highest executives of telecommunications companies went before the Senate and they were asked, “Have you ever done any health studies on 5G?” And they said, “No.” They were asked, “Have you allocated money to do a health study?” And they said, “No.”
And that seems kind of crazy because we know that there are literally thousands and thousands of peer-reviewed publications that associate not only 5G but 4G, with detrimental effects on fetal and newborn development and detrimental effects on young children.
Brain tumors and other cancers, DNA damage, altered gene expression, neurological effects, cognitive impairment, impaired sperm function and quality, altered metabolism, cardiovascular diseases, learning and memory deficits and many, many other.
And not only human beings, but also 5G has the capacity of altering the entire ecosystem. Nobody has studied it. Nobody knows what it is going to do and yet somehow – it has its own logic and it is pushing it through the political process without any kind of impediments or questioning. It is a huge nightmare, global experiment with human beings being used as some guinea pigs."
Here is a short video trailer too:
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