Some Cell Towers are Microwave torture devices..

[ktesibios]

At one of the places where I work, the Internet service is via a microwave link. We have an antenna on the roof which is aimed at a tower somewhere in the Hollywood Hills which is operated by an ISP called Towerstream. This gives us a high-speed (>5 mbps) connection, which we need, because recording studio operations nowadays involve a boatload of ftp transfers of fairly big (>3 Gb) clots of files.

A couple of weeks ago our antenna stopped working. It took only a few minutes to trace the 'net failure to our outside connection and get the ISP on the case.

Being the first one here in the morning I informed everyone who came in "the Internet is down; we know the problem is with our RF link. The ISP is sending out a technician to test and repair it. I can't predict how long it will take".

Even so, every 5 minutes my phone would ring with someone saying "Mark, the Intenet isn't working" or "Mark, when will the Internet be fixed?" all ***** day.

So, I spent a day being tortured by the absence of microwaves. I wonder what branch of the NWO is in charge of that.

 

[ArmillarySphere]

In a place I used to work, our internet was hooked up via a microwave link across a river. However, at random times the link would inexplicably drop for a minute, and then come back up.

Eventually someone figured out that the ferries were just tall enough to block the signal. Solution: Put the dish on a tower.

 

[Sledge]

So, I spent a day being tortured by the absence of microwaves. I wonder what branch of the NWO is in charge of that.

Irony Division. They're also responsible for people regurgitating lines from Ed Byrne's routine about the song "Ironic" every *********** time it comes on the radio.

 

[Toke]

I am allergic to electricity, and get sudden painful spasms in whatever body part I touch a live 230 or 440 V wire with.

As for the woo/radio part, I will believe it if it can be demonstrated on experimental animals.

 

[Skwinty]

In a place I used to work, our internet was hooked up via a microwave link across a river. However, at random times the link would inexplicably drop for a minute, and then come back up..

If the river was subject to tidal forces and the fresnel zone fell on the river, then you would require 2 dishes and a phase compensator to prevent the signal fading in sync with the tide.