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To: Sam Citron who wrote (13354)	2/3/2006 2:48:49 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Sam, as it heppens, just prior to coming across your post I was re-reading the NY City Council's December 2005 paper on the same general type of initiative, although not with the technical specificity of Cambridge's, yet: webdocs.nyccouncil.info I'm not sure what to make of the on-board access point, or how to answer your question just yet, but I know some folks up at MIT's Media Labs who can. I'll ask and get back to this when I have something more substantive to report, or perhaps Petere or Rob S, or someone else can save me the time by answering it first. It occurred to me when reading the release that MIT is also the home of the long-sought-after $100 computing device for developing areas of the world. I wouldn't be surprised to find that there was a tie-in between the two. FA

To: Sam Citron who wrote (13354)	2/4/2006 2:44:02 AM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

I read about a device that does this on engadget.com - they were using it and it was pretty nice - still I worry about the little kids having all this radio receiver transmitter stuff in thier laps very close to thier bodies: engadget.com,%20www.engadget.com/2006/02/03/cellphones-are-dangerous-not-dangerous-the-lost-episode/ Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous, the lost episode Posted Feb 3rd 2006 2:47PM by Marc Perton Filed under: Cellphones When last we visited our hero, the beleaguered cellphone user seemed to be in the clear: a British study had apparently found "no evidence that using a cell phone has an effect on the development of tumors." But in a startling twist, it now appears that those results may not be accurate. A recent German study of cellphone users found that the risk of glioma -- a form of brain cancer -- doubled after 10 years of use. Another study, conducted by Orebro University in Sweden, found an increased risk of acoustic neuromas in long-term users of cellphones. And critics continue to question the interpretation of the results of the British study, saying that the results do, in fact, imply a greater risk to phone users. Will cellphone users develop cancer? Can they protect themselves by using headsets? Or are they doomed to a life of shouting into tin cans connected by very long strings in order to protect themselves from deadly diseases? Find out in our next exciting episode! engadget.com,%20www.engadget.com/2006/02/01/pre-order-kyoceras-kr1-ev-do-router/ On a positive note here is some info on the latest EVDO routers.