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Ptah

(33,516 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:17 PM Thursday

Exploring the Secret US Government Town with No Internet & Phone Service (100% Disconnected?)

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Welcome to Green Bank... Also called "The Quiet Zone" carved out within West Virginia, this is a hidden border where WiFi, Cellphone service.. even microwaves? Are illegal. We travel to this place to investigate further and see what we can find.

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Exploring the Secret US Government Town with No Internet & Phone Service (100% Disconnected?) (Original Post) Ptah Thursday OP

Wow! montanacowboy Thursday #1

I enjoyed their serendipitous encounters with locals! Ptah Thursday #2

I remember hearing it mentioned on Person of Interest, Lars39 Thursday #3

kick Ptah Monday #4

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came across the VLA telescopes in New Mexico last spring Kali Monday #6

montanacowboy

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1. Wow!

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Thu Dec 5, 2024, 07:50 PM

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I never knew this place existed. Having been born and raised in the tri state area of Ohio, W. Va. and Pennsylvania no one ever mentioned it. Really interesting place and people.

Ptah

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2. I enjoyed their serendipitous encounters with locals!

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Thu Dec 5, 2024, 08:38 PM

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Lars39

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3. I remember hearing it mentioned on Person of Interest,

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Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:28 PM

Thursday

but I didn’t realize it was a real place.

Ptah

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4. kick

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Mon Dec 9, 2024, 11:33 AM

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Kali

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6. came across the VLA telescopes in New Mexico last spring

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Mon Dec 9, 2024, 10:14 PM

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just tooling back roads with my German friends. wild to come on these structures with cows and antelopes hanging around underneath. no phones for the tours or near the structures but not a big quiet zone like the video.

https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/vla/

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