Josh Clark

Yeah.

I think three quarters of it is national and state protected wilderness.

So you're not going to expect to get a cell phone signal there anyway.

And if you're passing through this area, you're probably going to the quiet zone on purpose.

So you can expect this.

It's really just an issue if you actually live or work in this area or you're a company trying to set up new infrastructure.

That's really who's being affected by this.

Right.

If it was wired, no problem.

But the Wi-Fi was going to produce a lot of problems because your router is a radio transmitter.

So apparently a lot of people, as we'll see, are like, well, whatever, I'm still going to have Wi-Fi, including Green Bank Observatory employees who live there.

Mm-hmm.

But it's still a big problem because if you live in that region, it still affects you in all sorts of ways.

Like Anna gives the example of if your car breaks down, you don't just call somebody on the cell phone and be like, I need a tow.

Sure.

You're walking unless somebody friendly drives by who you know.

And trust.

And probably had dinner at their house and will give you a ride to somewhere.

People use pay phones, as we'll see.

You can definitely feel disconnected just from not having cell service, let alone from Wi-Fi.