The
last
Wi
-
Fi
Free
zone
in
America
Have
you
ever
been
out
having
dinner
with
friends
or
family
and
wondered
what
actor
was
in
that
last
film
you
saw
?
You
reached
for
your
phone
and
within
seconds
Google
,
Siri
,
or
Cortana
had
the
response
staring
back
at
you
.
Some
people
look
back
at
the
time
when
you
could
not
find
the
answer
so
easily
with
.
They
remember
how
you
used
to
ask
the
people
next
to
you
if
you
were
in
a
restaurant
,
or
maybe
you
would
ask
the
server
;
maybe
that
interaction
would
turn
into
a
friendly
conversation
.
Instead
of
asking
others
for
information
,
we
now
ask
our
phones
.
This
is
true
just
about
everywhere
,
except
for
a
small
town
in
America
.
The
people
living
in
Green
Bank
,
West
Virginia
have
given
up
cell
towers
,
smartphones
,
and
all
those
that
use
Wi
-
Fi
for
science
.
This
small
village
with
only
150
is
home
to
the
Robert
C
.
Byrd
Green
Bank
Telescope
,
GBT
.
It
is
the
largest
telescope
of
its
kind
.
Locals
from
Green
Bank
call
the
telescope
:
'the
great
big
thing'
.
It
is
150
meters
or
500
feet
tall
and
the
size
of
a
football
field
.
It
is
sensitive
to
radio
signals
from
space
and
the
surrounding
area
,
so
the
American
government
created
a
13
,
000
square
mile
zone
around
the
telescope
in
the
countryside
called
the
National
Radio
Quiet
Zone
.
People
who
live
in
this
area
must
go
without
the
gadgets
most
of
us
.
Any
device
that
generates
electromagnetic
radiation
?
a
cell
phone
,
a
television
,
a
wireless
internet
router
?
can
interfere
with
the
operation
of
the
telescope
.
So
how
do
the
locals
feel
about
this
lifestyle
?
The
business
manager
of
the
GBT
says
,
"
If
you
work
in
Green
Bank
,
it's
because
you
want
this
kind
of
life
.
"
The
small
town
has
also
started
to
attract
people
who
are
sensitive
to
electromagnetic
radiation
including
a
woman
named
Diane
Schou
.
This
new
resident
moved
from
Iowa
to
West
Virginia
to
escape
wireless
technology
,
like
mobile
phones
.
She
is
one
of
the
5%
of
Americans
who
believe
they
suffer
from
Electromagnetic
Hypersensitivity
(
EHS
)
.
Symptoms
of
EHS
range
from
acute
headaches
,
skin
burning
,
muscle
twitching
,
to
chronic
pain
.
So
whether
you
go
to
the
last
Wi
-
Fi
free
zone
in
America
to
escape
electromagnetic
radiation
or
to
work
with
some
of
the
most
advanced
technology
on
the
planet
,
you
have
to
leave
your
cellphone
behind
.
Let's
check
what
you
can
remember
!