Localities all over the world have already rejected the device. There's precedent for banning the Mosquito. Riecks has been nearing her breaking point - she and her housemates have been brainstorming a door-knocking plan to organize the neighborhood against the device and work to get it removed. So I usually skip around this block or walk very quickly down it.' I have a sound problem which I am hoping that someone can help me with I have just moved into a new flat (ground floor victorian flat in terraced house with two flats) and there is a very high pitch sound across the flat, but mainly in the bedroom, that is keeping me awake at night. Follow the steps below to fix the problem. 'At least for me, it gives me a headache if I'm near it for too long. If you get choppy, stuttering, high pitched, or distorted sound when you try to watch Netflix, it usually means theres a problem with the title youre trying to watch or the device youre using. It's kind of in the back of your head,' Riecks said. 'It almost is more like a feeling than a sound. It gives her headaches when she strolls the neighborhood, she said. Not all teens are bad, just because we want to go outside for a breath of fresh air at night.'ĭespite the intended 13-to-25-year-old target range, 27-year-old Mary Kate Riecks said she can hear the Mosquito installed a few blocks from her Fishtown home.

'It does feel a little against teens,' agreed 17-year-old Philadelphia resident Lamar Reed. Not all teens are bad, just because we want to go outside for a breath of fresh air at night. 'In a city that is trying to address gun violence and safe spaces for young people,' Gym said, 'how dare we come up with ideas that are funded by taxpayer dollars to turn young people away from the very places that were created for them?' Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym refers to the devices as 'sonic weapons' - and she's working to get them removed. But some say this age-based targeting is a form of prejudice. It's intended to prevent loitering and vandalism by teens and young adults at public facilities. Yeah I had that 3 times yesterday after the patch, it was when I was waiting at the station to take over a service. I have never had this happen before today. What the heck is it and how do I turn it off. Mosquito's Vancouver-based manufacturer Moving Sound Technologies works with roughly 20 parks departments around the country to implement the youth-repellent devices, says president Michael Gibson. All of a sudden everytime I start on a service withe the Class 43 I gert some high pitched fast bleeping. Philadelphia parks officials have been installing the device since 2014, reported WHYY's Billy Penn, intending to shoo rowdy youths from the premises.Īnd it's not the only U.S.

Annoying high pitch sound app