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Old 02-02-2018, 11:36 AM
 
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I'm currently living in a fairly new townhouse and we have SmartMeters. I thought that moving from the Seattle area to a small town in Oregon would help with the wi-fi/cell-phone radiation and the buzzing.

I always hear a high-pitched buzz when I'm in a wi-fi area, like a McDonald's or a hotel. I'm wondering if moving to a small farm would be better. I assume I'm hearing the buzzing from all the cell phones, the computers, the cell towers, and the SmartMeters on all the nearby houses. Not everyone can hear wi-fi, but I am hoping to find a house that won't fry my brain... especially when we get 5G.

I guess I'm hoping to find a nice - ish, small farm area with NO or with limited cell phone coverage. I'm thinking that out in the boonies would be the way to go.
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Old 02-02-2018, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Rochester, WA
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Small rural farm in the bottom of a valley surrounded by tall hills. I know a great place like that around here that is for sale, hard to find a buyer because it has no cell reception and can't get a good angle for satellite either.
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Old 02-02-2018, 12:09 PM
 
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Diana, I'm sure it sounds funny that I'm interested in the exact opposite of what everyone else wants. I would have to talk my husband into moving and figure out how we could work around having no internet. Maybe we could take a laptop to a McDonald's or something when we need to get online.

I will check out the general area where you live and I may have more questions after I consult with Mr. Computer Addict.

It might be better if we could get satellite reception and then turn the reception off most of the time, but getting away from constant frying by microwave (or whatever wave) sounds wonderful to me. No cell reception is a "selling point" for some of us, as long as we can get a landline phone.
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Old 02-02-2018, 12:14 PM
 
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Looks like you're somewhere near Centralia. I've driven through the area on I5, but I'm trying to visualize it.<br>
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Old 02-03-2018, 12:51 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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I would suggest that you may want to have a long discussion with your dentist. In my career I saw a couple guys who had problems with dental fillings that picked up EMF.

'Mercury amalgam' fillings have been suspected as a possible mercury toxin source for decades. You can have your mercury amalgam fillings replaced with porcelain or a composite resin (tooth-colored fillings).
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Old 04-01-2018, 10:59 AM
 
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I live in rural NM. I Have a hot spot and purchase time now and then to get online or go to a Mc Donalds. Cell phone coverage area is ok here. Radio and wifi were a problem until a dentist redid a filling for me. No problem since then but I find myself less on the computer than before. And having to purchase air time in increments probably helped wean me ofc also.
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Old 04-02-2023, 08:49 PM
 
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I diffinately hear and feel the cell towers just across lake from Seattle. I HAVE to wear emf protective clothing 24/7 NOW. I even sleep in a emf protective sleeping bag. I too would like to find a place to live with minimum emf exposure. No smartmeters or towers. If you want to invest in the future I would put my money toward companies that have emf protection. Wondering how many sceptics on emf radiation have changed their opinions since huge 5g rollout.
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Old 04-03-2023, 05:31 AM
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I don’t notice anything by me.
Although when my fridge cycles, sometimes the harmonics resonate thru the house. I only notice it at night though when it’s real quiet. But whatever. It’s the fridge.
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Old 04-03-2023, 07:27 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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When my parents lived on Blue Mountain Rd. in unincorporated Port Angeles WA, most cell phone carriers had no signal at all. For us with Verizon, we could text, but not talk, the signal was very weak, and we had to wonder around to get 1 bar before trying to text. They also had to do satellite TV because there was no cable there, and they had no wifi. There have to be other places like that, but it can take a lot of time driving around and watching the cell phone for "no service".
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Old 04-03-2023, 11:43 AM
 
Location: West coast
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We are rural.
We use StarLink satellites for our internet service.
I am very happy with this internet connection.
It isn’t even operating at full capacity due to all our trees.
My wife works from home and is in a lot of zoom meetings and I like to stream things.
We have no issues at all with our internet connection.

Cell phone tower wise we are pretty far distance from any tower that I’m aware of.
We receive our signal from the other side of a body of water.
I think we still get decent cell reception because of all that flat water but I could be wrong.

Hopefully some of this information helps.
Good luck to ya.
Andy.
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