Brodie Harvey's newborn son had to be taken to hospital but he had no mobile reception to call for help.
Producers and farmers in regional Australia have been living with connectivity issues for years.More than 50,000 complaints were made about mobile and internet services in regional, rural and remote Australia over four years.
Baby Jace has since recovered from last month's scare, but Mr Harvey said it was a confronting experience.Connection getting worse He said the response he received from Telstra was that they wouldn't accept the complaint because his mobile phone was connected to his family's business plan.Service improvements underway
Telstra and Optus will delay the planned closure of their 3G networks in order to conduct a final public safety awareness campaign amid concerns that emergency services calls and medical devices could be affected. She also said if customers wanted to improve their mobile coverage, they could use their National Broadband Network connection to access wi-fi calling or install extra equipment to increase coverage.
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