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DOMINGO: You know, it wasn’t too long ago, and this was when the cell phones have
<br />been out for quite some time already, when there is continuous use of cell phone for a prolong
<br />period of time and you have it on your, you know, by your ear, right next to your brain, yeah -.
<br />Would the radio frequency have some negative impact on your brain?
<br />TERAZONO Great, great question. Actually it’s a real common question there. Health
<br />effects, we’re back to health effects, as far as studies that’s been done today, no, there’s no
<br />impact on your brain. And, again, back to the, to put things into perspective, the signal that
<br />you’re receiving from a radio station, for example, into your brain is much stronger than it would
<br />off of a handset right next to your head. It’s just to put things into perspective there. But as far
<br />as, you know, health effects, again, it has been studied scientifically and, you know, there has
<br />been no study that says it causes cancer, it’s going to cause brain tumors. And a lot of people
<br />will say, well, we just don’t know. Right? That’s a common theme I hear all the time, we just
<br />don’t know. And, you know, my answer to that is, you know, for example, I gave my daughter
<br />NyQuil this morning. Today NyQuil is safe. A hundred years from now they might say, hey,
<br />there’s something wrong with NyQuil, it might give you cancer. So I can’t guarantee that that,
<br />you know, 100 years from now somebody might find something bad about RF emissions. But
<br />you could say that about pretty much anything, you know, medicine, electric, fluorescent lights,
<br />for example. So, back to the health issue, we do know, there is strong scientific data proving that
<br />there is no harmful effects. And, you know, we could go back to the Cancer Society, a lot of
<br />different organizations that have studied this.
<br />WATANABE: Okay. Mr. Woodward.
<br />WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yeah, I think one of the main arguments, apart
<br />from the financial and commercial aspects, has to do with emergency services. And certainly,
<br />you know, once you get your tower up and you have better coverage in your area for the T-
<br />Mobile customers, they will have better access to emergency services. But, also, I would assume
<br />then that other people, the other carriers are going to put up dishes on your tower and that will
<br />also improve coverage, emergency services for the other AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc.
<br />TERAZONO: That’s correct. Well, let me, let me maybe let you know what happens
<br />with emergency services. So, emergency service to the wireless communication business is
<br />obviously very important. So if for some reason, say for example, AT&T did not have coverage
<br />in an area and they hit 911, that phone would then search for AT&T’s coverage; and if it didn’t
<br />find it, even though they weren’t partnered with T-Mobile in that area for roaming, that 911 call
<br />would still go through. So when we, if this site is built in this community and you had an AT&T
<br />customer that did not have coverage in the area, they would still be able to place that 911 call,
<br />through our network. So that’s, you know, something to think about when you talk about, you
<br />know, public safety and benefit to the public there. So that’s already in place.
<br />WOODWARD: Thank you.
<br />WATANABE: Any further discussion?
<br />HOUSEL: Yeah, I had a question.
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