Schools ban wi-fi networks after safety fears

A FEW SCHOOLS have lent their ears to worried parents' concerns and banned wi-fi networks, the Times reports today.

The Prebendal School in Chichester and a Welsh comprehensive, Ysgol Pantycelen, have pulled the plug on their wireless networks after parents lobbied about potential effects wi-fi could have on their kids.

There is no evidence that wi-fi nets have any effect on human health, but if the mummies and daddies are worried about piddly little wi-fi systems, they'd better start thinking about WiMAX beams which they won't be able to avoid unless they kit their kids out with tin foil hats.

And they'd better not take little Johnny or Jane into Soho where wi-fi nets are way more pervasive than ladies of the night. The psychological effects of wi-fi nets shouldn't be underestimated, however.

Blokes - it's nearly always blokes - struggling to cope with getting the things to work have been known to fall into almighty bates, swearing at the wife and kids and kicking the cat as they frenziedly scribble down IP numbers. µ

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The Times