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A big one, I figure? People don't understand radiation. The smartmeter uses a wireless communication protocol much like WiFi, but people are still flipping out about it.

Heck, just reading the articles about the switching mode power supplies- which every digital device today has- they declare with fright that the smps can emit frequencies up to 50,000 hz! Oh no! That's nearly an order of magnitude lower frequency than AM Radio broadcasts! It must be deadly!




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