{"id":"26110081580","number":"26110081580","name":"Karen Spencer","source_name":"Karen Spencer","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-15","received":"2026-10-14","body":"I had had several years of heart palpitations, confirmed by a 24 hour Holter Monitor test, when in 2015 I realized it came on strong in the evening when I sat down to read the newspaper- an experience that forced me to bed, even at 6:30 PM. A friend mentioned Smart Meters and other WiFi as a possible source of those palpitations. On the other side of the exterior wall from where I sat to read was a Smart Meter on my water meter and my regular electric meter. I had the the water dept remove that Smart Meter and for good measure, I replaced my Wi-Fi modem with a model without Wifi. The cardiac symptoms stopped cold, and I slept better! A couple of months later, I sat down to read the paper and got a spontaneous nose bleed. I don't get nose bleeds, but I was better educated. I went outside and saw the Water Dept had reinstalled the smart meter. I had it removed and posted a sign on the side of the house. This was in 2015. I had no more problems until 2020. During the Covid lockdown that spring, I allowed a relative to live with me because he was a \"non-essential worker\" who suddenly had no income, and I was recovering from an injury and needed assistance. After a couple of weeks, I put in a WiFi modem, again, so he could use his laptop. In short order, I started getting pains in my solar plexus and insomnia. The day he left, I disconnected that modem. No more pain and no more insomnia. FWIW: I do not talk on a wireless phone. I have one, but I forward calls to hard wired phones in my house that run off of VOIP on my Ethernet wired computer. It's hard enough to avoid fluoridated water and pesticide-ladened food. We don't need invisible poisons radiating through our bodies because it is more profitable for the Telecom industry! Neither do we need \"smart\" appliances. Until they figure out a safe technology, stick with wired connections.","attachments":[],"attachment_names":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/26110081580","filing_type":"COMMENT","proceedings":"ET 13-84","capture_reviewed":false,"captured_at":"2026-10-17T03:41:27.835Z","supplied_classification":null,"tags":["health-experiences","sleep-neurology","wifi-devices","wired-alternatives","remand-accountability"],"source_hash":"fd5ba0dfcf4f1ea73ca13b050c7a7a29a9860e30475f2297da3431c460e72276","slug":"health-experiences-filing-26110081580","classification":{"id":"26110081580","body_sha256":"c758da1dae0eed82ece005be653000bb3ee371eba9ec8d4192292e947f5c3386","status":"text_matched","primary_topic":"health-experiences","topics":[{"id":"health-experiences","evidence":"I had had several years of heart palpitations, confirmed by a 24 hour Holter Monitor test, when in 2015 I realized it came on strong in the evening when I sat down to read the newspaper- an experience that forced me to bed, even at 6:30 PM."},{"id":"sleep-neurology","evidence":"In short order, I started getting pains in my solar plexus and insomnia."},{"id":"wifi-devices","evidence":"A friend mentioned Smart Meters and other WiFi as a possible source of those palpitations."},{"id":"wired-alternatives","evidence":"I have one, but I forward calls to hard wired phones in my house that run off of VOIP on my Ethernet wired computer."},{"id":"remand-accountability","evidence":"We don't need invisible poisons radiating through our bodies because it is more profitable for the Telecom industry!"}],"summary":"","method":"Local topic rules v1; exact supporting passages; not an AI or medical review","scope":"Captured filing text only. Attachment contents not examined."},"forum_topics":["health-experiences","sleep-neurology","wifi-devices","wired-alternatives","remand-accountability"],"primary_topic":"health-experiences","forum_title":"I had had several years of heart palpitations, confirmed by a 24 hour Holter Monitor test, when in 2015 I…"}