Joint Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Request for Information

Hi Everyone,You have my sincerest hopes that you will take a moment to comment on thisprogram. Please forward this to anyone you feel appropriate.Thank you,AngelaOur task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion toembrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein(1879-1955)

RE: Joint Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Request for Information: Pursuant to Section 6001 of the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009, Commerce's NTIA and Agriculture's RUS will holda series of public meetings about the new broadband programs beginningon March 16, 2009. Through this notice, guidance is provided as to thematters to be discussed at these public meetings and the categories of information with respect to which interested parties may submit comments.

For more information, Please contact:Broadband Technology Opportunities ProgramU.S. Department of CommerceRoom 48121401 Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20230http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants

Please submit comments by April 13, 2009 -http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/form.cfm

Angela FlynnWireless Radiation Alert NetworkAngelaflynn80@msn.com 301-229-0282April 6, 2009Electronic Submission viahttp://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/form.cfm Dear Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program,

Broadband is a crucial and enjoyable technology that everyone should haveaccess to. I laud President Obama’s Broadband Initiative to bring broadband tounderserved rural areas. This is quite clearly a massive undertaking and thetechnology used to implement this program will have long-term ramifications. It isimperative that the sustainability and the health impacts of this undertaking bethoroughly examined and considered in the choosing of the broadbandtechnology. Sustainability and Health must be given the highest status as part of the Selection Criteria for the program.For these reasons fiber optics is the most desirable technology to implement. Nextgeneration fiber optics uses less energy and will therefore contribute less CO2than other systems. In addition to the CO2 emissions from wirelesscommunications the RF radiation, which amplifies in crystalline structures, may bea factor in the rapid melting of Arctic and Antarctic ice and in warming of the icecrystals in our atmosphere.Fiber optics is also the clear choice for our Homeland Security needs. Fiber optics are not easily hacked into and they cause no RF interference with other communication systems. In addition they are mostly impervious to harm fromnuclear radiation and any potential solar electromagnetic interference.But, the clear reason as to why fiber optics should be used is that it will limit theamount of RF radiation the general population is exposed to. I was injured threeyears ago from chronic exposure to cellular antennas. I have been researchingthis issue extensively and I have found there is much scientific evidence, whichindicates that there are biological non-thermal effects from exposure to RFradiation. I have also networked with people from all over the world who have hadtheir health impacted by chronic RF radiation exposure. Many of these people,including myself, have had to quit our jobs and move from our homes in our effortto minimize our RF radiation exposure. I can attest from anecdotal evidence frommy networking that minimizing RF radiation exposure is the only way to lesson thesensitivity to RF radiation that occurs from chronic exposure. While there is agrowing population of people who have realized the source of their deterioratinghealth is due to RF radiation exposure there are potentially millions of people whoare being harmed without realizing the cause. Doctors worldwide are reportingincreases in new diseases. These increases have grown along with our growth of wireless communication antennas. Many countries in Europe and elsewhere havetaken measures to limit RF radiation exposure. Doctors and scientists have issuedwarnings, especially for pregnant women and children, to limit exposure.The U.S. must take steps to limit exposure to RF radiation. Our federal exposurestandards are outdated and only take into account thermal effects. The exposureharm is not limited to humans. Animals, birds, plants and even our climate areimpacted by the increase of RF radiation due to human wireless communications.In addition to wireless systems, Broadband over power lines will increase RFradiation exposure unless steps are taken to limit the antenna effect of our current

wire lines. The braiding of communication cables and the coupling of telephonewires limit the antenna effect and should be used for any power line broadbanduse.With sincere hope,Angela Flynn

Please refer to these supporting documents:1. European Parliament resolution of 2 April 2009 on health concernsassociated with electromagnetic fields

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2009-0216+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN

2. Pathophysiology xxx (2009) xxx–xxx Public health implications of wireless technologies

Cindy Sage a,!, David O. Carpenter ba Sage Associates, 1396 Danielson Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, USAb Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY,USAReceived 18 January 2008; accepted 30 January 2009http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=public%20health%20implications%20of%20wireless%20technologies

3. Petition to Halt Universal Wireless Broadband, A Public Health Hazard

http://wavr.org/petition/ToObama.php

4. Bees, Birds and Mankind Destroying Nature by `Electrosmog´

Ulrich WarnkeEffects of Wireless Communication TechnologiesA Brochure Series by the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity,Environment and Democracyhttp://www.broschuerenreihe.net/international/bees-birds-and-mankind/index.html

5. Power Lines as Antennas From 100 kHz to 50 MHz

Author: Ed Hare, ARRL Laboratory Manager1Date: July 7, 2003ARRL, Ed Hare, Laboratory Manager, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111, Tel:860-594-0318, Email: w1rfi@arrl.org, Web:http://www.arrl.org/ http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et03-104/Power_lines_as_antennas.pdf