More Huawei Fuckery in (Syd) Aus as it subverts 5G ban by installing 4G 'small cell' boxes outside homes without approval
I guess this is what happens when you got no rule of law to reign in any kind of fuckery such as this….
https://m.theepochtimes.com/huawei-made-small-cell-boxes-rouses-security-concerns-in-sydney_2758946.html
Residents in a suburb in Sydney, Australia, are seeking answers from a major telecommunications company after it announced plans to install new transmitters or “small cell boxes” made by Chinese telecom Huawei outside their homes without approval.
The Australian Broadcasting Network (the ABC) reported that TPG is planning to place 35 Huawei-made transmitters throughout Sydney’s north-western suburb Ryde as it strives to build its own 4G mobile network and that experts said such a move may become more common as Australia transits to 5G.
The small cell boxes are to be used for 4G and mobile services in suburban areas and are less powerful compared to the larger telecommunication towers. The boxes are roughly the size of two shoeboxes.
Unlike the larger towers, generally used by companies like Telstra and Optus, the small cell boxes can be mounted on power poles without needing to undergo a council or planning approval process under Australia’s federal telecommunications act. Furthermore, residents also do not have a say over their installation.
More than 100 residents have signed a petition to remove the transmitters from the residential area, according to the ABC.
Taken by Surprise
Ryde residents John and Sue Cappadonna told the ABC that the only notice they received was a printed notice on a power pole outside their home.
“We really don’t want this infrastructure right in front of our home here,” John Cappadonna told the ABC. “I didn’t realize you could build that kind of contraption in a residential area.”
We don’t want it here,” Sue Cappadonna said. “It causes us great anxiety that this thing is going to be running 24-7.”
Ryde Mayor Jerome Laxale said the move also took him by surprise.
“Under the telecommunications act it’s basically open-slather for these companies to install these small cell devices in the suburbs,” he told the ABC. “I was surprised. It is council-owned land, the property of residents in Ryde and we ultimately have no say. “It is a notification process, rather than a consultation process.”