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Five-day 3G, 4G outage in remote community caused by rodents sparks calls for tailored services
A prolonged phone and internet outage at one of South Australia’s most remote Aboriginal communities was likely caused by rodents and has prompted a call for fresh approaches to telecommunications in the bush.
Key points:
- 3G and 4G services went down on January 15 for five days affecting phone, internet, EFTPOS, and ATM services
- NBN Co is looking to increase the amount of people at Pukatja connected to its Sky Muster satellite service
- Internet advocacy group BIRRR calls for tailored approaches to the rollout of remote services
Telstra services went down at Pukatja on January 15 and meant people could not make phone calls nor use EFTPOS and ATM machines.
The outage meant people were unable to buy goods and fuel with bank cards and were unable…
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