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Re-Inventing Wires-The Future of Landlines and Networks describes in historical perspective how we got to the place where an inferior technology (wireless access networks) is being advanced over hard-wired options that would much better meet a range of needs and goals. It analyzes the current state of modern communications and explains the benefits and accessibility of hard-wired fiber optic communication systems, which offer a superior foundation for Internet access, unequaled connectivity speed, safety, privacy, security, resiliency, energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. The paper was presented as part of a panel on this subject at the Commonwealth Club of California on February 5, 2018.

This paper was motivated by realization of the many significant risks of the present wireless trajectory, and the fact that intense antenna densification , including use of much more dangerous 5G frequencies, is presently being enabled and encouraged by the Federal and State governments without carefully analyzing the impacts and other technological options. 

Phase II of this project, for which we are seeking funding, is focused on getting these facts to consumers, business leaders, environmental organizations and policy makers to encourage the rethinking of a more intelligent and secure future, including reducing the enormous and unnecessary carbon foot print of planned 'antenna densification'. 

The National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy is seeking funding for marketing initiatives that would raise the visibility of this work. 

Cost estimates for 4 initiatives are included in the attached document, 'NISLAPP Funding Needs'.

See more information about this paper at http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/wires-long-press-release/

How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

Investing in fiber to the premises significantly reduces the explosive growth in energy usage by wireless access networks which is roughly doubling every two years and unsustainable. Yet, the U.S. is on a path to rapid 'antenna densification' plus billions of new antennas in devices to be part of the Internet of Things (IoT). The wireless industry has misled about the desirability of widespread 'antenna densification', and 5G, the result of which is that human and environmental health are being irresponsibly sacrificed with disastrous long-term climate, environmental and health consequences.Phase II of our project aims to widely disseminate information described in the new policy paper, Re-Inventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks . It describes safer, more technologically sound and more energy-efficient alternatives and calls for investment in fiber to the premises, not fiber to support more antenna networks.NISLAPP‚ assumption is that the dissemination of credible information and education can and will impact the direction of communications infrastructure in the U.S. by explaining the more responsible direction, from many perspectives, including especially the energy requirements of the planned 'antenna densification'. There are at least a dozen arguments to be made that fiber is preferable to wireless networks, and each argument supports the others, building an extremely compelling case for fiber. These arguments need to be understood individually, and together. Comparative advantages of fiber over wireless relate to many issues of concern to citizens and society:--Speed of Internet access--Equal access--Quality of voice communication--Reliability--Resiliency in extreme weather events--Value, for the money--Energy usage and efficiency--Safety--& cybersecurity--Public health--Personal privacy--Protection of the ecosystem--Landline phone access that works when the power goes out, and--The integrity of the communications system as a whole, which has become, as NISLAPP‚ Dr. Schoechle says in Re-Inventing Wires , hijacked by commercial motivations and riddled with planned obsolescence and unnecessary future costs for us all.The costs and benefits of different approaches to communications need to be weighed by society, and government officials must stop taking the lead from the wireless industry which naturally wants to promote its own technologies and the growth of the wireless industry overall. Over a dozen States have already passed legislation forcing local governments to permit placement of the wireless industry‚ antennas on utility poles, street lamps, street signs and other municipal infrastructure, densely throughout neighborhoods. Federal legislation has also recently passed facilitating this. It is imperative this information become more widely known, especially among environmental, conservation and climate action communities, who must understand thatinvesting in fiber to the premises significantly reduces the explosive growth in energy usage by wireless access networks, which is rapidly increasing and unsustainable.Our Project will serve these important communications opportunities by educating the environmental community, business leaders, legislators and the public, about a more optimal communications scenario that serves society well without the very significant downsides of the present approach. NISLAPP is seeking funding at this time for:1) Radio spot Ads in Washington, D.C.2) Outreach to environmental leaders, and conscious business leaders 3) Outreach to environmental media4) Editing and online promotion of video presentations from the Commonwealth Club of California panel on this topic February 5, 2018.

Mission Statement:

Bringing Science and Law Together to Create Intelligent Policy

The National Institute for Science, Law, and Public Policy (NISLAPP) was founded in 1978 to bridge the gap between scientific uncertainties and the need for laws protecting public health and safety. Its overriding objective is to bring practitioners of science and law together to develop intelligent policy that best serves all interested parties in a given controversy. Its focus is on the points at which these two disciplines converge.

The constantly evolving nature of scientific research, together with the accelerated pace of technological advancement, has drawn into question the reliability of the information on which decision makers in both government and industry rely. Many of the innovations that have led to the development of new products and processes have also raised significant new health, safety, and efficacy issues for consumers. NISLAPP's mission is to help reconcile the historic and political vagaries of the legal process with the absence of "absolute" scientific answers in addressing immediate and long-range consumer concerns. Rather than attempting a definitive resolution of such problems, this approach is aimed at encouraging honest interplay to help promote autonomous arrangements in areas of health and public safety. 

The NISLAPP work I have overseen has included directing, shaping, editing, producing and marketing several white papers, including the landmark, Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid , and the recent Re-Inventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks , as well as authoring numerous publications on the biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields.

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National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policyhttp://www.swankin-turner.com/nislapp.htmlGetting Smarter About the Smart Grid (and other policy papers)http://www.GettingSmarterAbouttheSmartGrid.org Manhattan Neighbors for Safer http://Telecommunicationswww.manhattanneighbors.orgElectromagneticHealth.orgwww.electromagnetichealth.orgFacebook Group ‚ Campaign for Radiation Free Schoolshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/110896245588878/Linked In ‚ÄìCamilla Rees - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/www.linkedin.com/in/camilla-rees-239473Infrequent blogger, by invitation, Mother Earth Newsand http://FrankLipmanMD.com