5G conspiracists cause rural internet blackout after attacking broadband box
Homes in Norwood Park on the outskirts of Somerset were left without internet after a box at Paddington Farm was targeted by vandals
The broadband box in Norwood Park, Glastonbury which was destroyed by 5G protesters
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Conspiracy theorists caused a four-day rural internet blackout after they attacked a 5GHz broadband box in the misguided belief it was a 5G provider.
Homes in Norwood Park on the outskirts of Somerset were left without internet after a box at Paddington Farm was targeted by vandals.
It is the latest of a spate of attacks thought to have been carried out by conspiracists who blame the spread of coronavirus on the roll-out of 5G mobile phone coverage.