The title of this news might conjure up an image of a burly character running, in slow motion, from a huge explosion triggered by a wireless network but the reality is sadly somewhat more mundane. New figures from BT Openzone, BT's wireless Hotspot ISP, have recorded a rise in "glamping" (glamorous camping 
) that is being driven by an explosion in Wi-Fi usage at UK holiday and leisure parks.BT Openzone states that Wi-Fi internet usage has risen by no less than 350% in the first two weeks of the school summer holidays, with 60% of Openzone customers now using Wi-Fi to check emails and surf the internet in their leisure time.
Families in particular are believed to be increasingly turning to their iPhones, iPads and other Smartphone's for entertainment and inspiration to make the most of the unstable British weather, and to ensure they stay connected.
Chris Bruce, CEO of BT Openzone, said:
"Technology is coming to the aid of the traditional British holiday, as more and more people opt for more glamorous camping holidays. Wi-Fi is proving to be a simple but essential way for holidaymakers to access the internet and to keep their families amused during unpredictable weather."
"Technology is coming to the aid of the traditional British holiday, as more and more people opt for more glamorous camping holidays. Wi-Fi is proving to be a simple but essential way for holidaymakers to access the internet and to keep their families amused during unpredictable weather."
Naturally BT Openzone is keen to point out that it provides access at many major UK holiday and leisure parks, including 71 Camping and Caravanning Club sites and three Pontin’s sites plus locations at Coastfields Leisure sites in Skegness through a partnership with Wicoms.
Apparently these sites are seeing regular spikes in Wi-Fi usage during school holiday periods, including a rise of 60% during the school Easter holidays; well how else can you check Facebook without internet access?
In related news a new study from Best Buy found that 85% of British folk enjoyed learning about new technology, although a quarter felt alienated by it and half worried that they were being left behind by the latest changes.
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davidPosted: 11 August, 2010 - 8:06 PM
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More information about the biological effects of non-ionizing radiation from wireless technology is coming out every day. Enough is not being done by cities, counties, states and the Federal Government to protect us from the potentially devastating health and environmental effects. Through the 1996 telecommunications act the telecoms are shielded from liability and oversight. Initially cell phones were released with no pre-market safety testing despite the fact the Government and the Military have known for over 50 years that radio frequency is harmful to all biological systems (inthesenewtimes dot com/2009/05/02/6458/.). Health studies were suppressed and the 4 trillion dollar a year industry was given what amounts to a license to kill.
On it's face, the 1996 telecommunications act is unconstitutional and a cover-up. Within the fine print city governments are not allowed to consider "environmental" effects from cell towers. They should anyway! It is the moral and legal obligation of our government to protect our health and welfare? Or is it? When did this become an obsolete concept? A cell tower is a microwave weapon capable of causing cancer, genetic damage & other biological problems. Bees, bats, humans, plants and trees are all affected by RF & EMF. Communities fight to keep cell towers away from schools yet they allow the school boards to install wi fi in all of our schools thereby irradiating our kids for 6-7 hours each day. Kids go home and the genetic assault continues with DECT portable phones, cell phones, wi fi and Wii's. A tsunami of cancers and early alzheimer's await our kids. Young people under the age of 20 are 420% more at risk of forming brain tumors (Swedish study, Dr. Lennart Hardell) because of their soft skulls, brain size and cell turn over time. Instead of teaching "safer" cell phone use and the dangers of wireless technology our schools mindlessly rush to wireless bending to industry pressure rather than informed decision making. We teach about alcohol, tobacco, drugs and safe sex but not about "safer" cell phone use. We are in a wireless trance, scientists are panicking while young brains, ovaries and sperm burns.
MarkJPosted: 11 August, 2010 - 8:17 PM
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