You might think people all over the United States have wireless internet service and mobile phones. But there is no such service in Green Bank, West Virginia, a tiny town four hours from the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. Fewer than 150 people live in Green Bank, which has two churches, an elementary school and a public library. It also is home to the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. There is a ban on Wi-Fi -- wireless internet service -- in Green Bank, along with anything else that can create electromagnetic waves. Officials say the waves could interfere with signals the telescope receives.
Title: An American Town without Wi-Fi or Mobile Phones
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data-end-time='34313'>Fewer than 150 people live in Green Bank, which has two churches, an elementary school and a public library.</span> <span data-start-time='34313' data-end-time='43333'>It also is home to the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world.</span> <span data-start-time='43333' data-end-time='56958'>There is a ban on Wi-Fi -- wireless internet service -- in Green Bank, along with anything else that can create electromagnetic waves.</span> <span data-start-time='56958' data-end-time='64083'>Officials say the waves could interfere with signals the telescope receives.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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