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title: The Town Where Wi-Fi Is Banned: The Green Bank Telescope and the Quiet Zone — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-town-where-wi-fi-is-banned-the-green-bank-telescope-and-the-quiet-zone/
date: 2016-10-03
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# The Town Where Wi-Fi Is Banned: The Green Bank Telescope and the Quiet Zone

Tucked away in a valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, is this: the Green Bank Radio Telescope, the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. And there are some rather special rules for the area around it…