The West Virginian region is home to the National Radio Quiet Zone - a legislated 13,000-square mile area of radio silence where cell service and most electronics, including WiFi, are banned or heavily restricted. Stephen Kurczy spent 3 years researching the area and told Insider it's drawn everyone from neo-Nazis to "electrosensitives."Īnyone headed to Pocahontas County, deep in the Appalachian mountains, will find failing cell service and sparse WiFi hotspots.The WiFi-free zone is an anomaly given 97% of Americans use a smartphone, per Pew.Most electronics are banned in the area around the Green Bank Observatory, West Virginia.
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