‘Black hole’: telecommunications outage hampering flood rescues and recovery in northern NSW
by Natasha May, Christopher Knaus and Elias Visontay from World news | The Guardian on (#5WQDF)
Ballina mayor calls for mobile Telstra tower to be set up urgently to ease residents' distress
Telecommunications issues are hampering flood rescues and recovery efforts in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, with Ballina Shire Council mayor, Sharon Cadwallader, saying internet outages and patchy reception were the biggest issue for locals.
Mobile internet coverage is almost nonexistent across large swathes of the Northern Rivers and phone reception is intermittent.
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