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Australian Residents Reject Huawei Small Cell Boxes

posted by martyb on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the Losing-Trust-One-Piece-at-a-Time dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Residents in a Sydney suburb have rejected small cell Huawei boxes that are part of the 5G rollout. While this type of infrastructure normally requires approval, these boxes are simply being stuck on poles around the place. Their purpose is to supplement the forthcoming 5G network which will replace the existing 3G/4G network in the future. The residents so far are limiting themselves to requesting the local council to removing the undesired boxes.

Are they just fearful Luddites or are they blocking Big Brother?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @01:48PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @01:48PM (#785895)

    Instrument of a ruthless tyrannical totalitarian foreign regime installs multiple communication and tracking devices in the largest city of a neighbouring democratic country.

    What could possibly go wrong ?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @06:53PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @06:53PM (#785968)

    China and Australia are literally on different continents.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:42PM

      by isostatic (365) on Sunday January 13 2019, @09:42PM (#786029) Journal

      As is China and Africa

      However China knows both Africa and Austrailia are very useful places to own. Austrailia may be a long way from China, but it's further from the U.S. and from Europe.

  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:40PM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:40PM (#786074)

    The previous submission on this site is entitled "How the NSA Spies on Us All in Four Parts" so what point are you trying to make?

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:14PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:14PM (#786101) Journal

      The point? Oh.. look,. shiny.

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