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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

 

5G cell towers could be coming to your front yard and Florida cities can’t stop them

 

The next generation of wireless cellphone technology, known as 5G, means hundreds of new small cellular network antennas are going up — sometimes right in people’s front yards. And because of a new Florida law, local governments have almost no say in where or how those new antennas can be placed.

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