Mobile black spots and poor internet holding back regions, report warns

  • 📰 theage
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 35 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 77%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

Poor coverage is particularly problematic when residents and emergency services struggle to communicate during disasters like Black Summer, Infrastructure Australia policy and research chief Peter Colacino said. mobileblackspots regionalaustralia

Report finds there is a shortage of fixed-access broadband across the majority of regional towns.

Infrastructure Australia cited federal figures showing more than 430 mobile black spots in the Barwon South West region. Infrastructure Australia policy and research chief Peter Colacino said mobile black spots were dangerous in emergencies, including floods and bushfires. Victorian Regional Development Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said digital infrastructure and telecommunications were key areas in which the regions were being let down.

David Hodges moved with his family from Sydney to Wooragee near Beechworth about six years ago. He said accessing good internet had been a struggle at first, and he was now using satellite internet, which was satisfactory but expensive.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Surf Coast new estate - we get fibre to the home.

'Poor coverage'? Initially thought this might have been a self-reflection piece from 9fax. There is plenty of source material to draw on.

Not to mention that the first thing to go out in these disasters is the power. Mobile towers have very limited battery backups, certainly inadequate for the outages we are experiencing and consequently people in the disaster zones are cut off from communications totally.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 8. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Australia backs US warning of ‘consequences’ for China if they send arms to RussiaFinance Minister Simon Birmingham warned that Australia would follow Washington and its international partners “in lockstep”. ErykBagshaw yeah like no more coal iron ore and farm products for china give me a break aand no more chinese money and products coming into australia ,as much as europe is dependant on russian gas and oil australia is dependant on trade with china ,so its a flogging with a wet lettuce threat ErykBagshaw The yanks tremble in the corner from Russia while shouting threats at China,what peculiar people they are. ErykBagshaw The Chinese will never be intimidated. Get it?
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

Vengeful geopolitics reset risk rulesGeopolitics is back with a vengeance, the federal government’s leading intelligence adviser has warned business, governments and universities.
Source: FinancialReview - 🏆 2. / 90 Read more »

Australia backs US warning of ‘consequences’ for China if they send arms to RussiaVladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine threatens to draw Australia into economic sanctions on China, as the United States said it had briefed allies that Russia has requested missiles, drones and armoured vehicles from Beijing | ErykBagshaw ErykBagshaw If China helps an aggressor, that should end any relationship it has with the West. Let’s see how tough Australia is and how many politicians are in Chinas pocket. ErykBagshaw Please stop with this ridiculous, ChristoFascist framing of China as some sort of threat or enemy. It makes you look like the australian ErykBagshaw China has already targeted Australia with economic sanctions
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »

Brisbane Airport’s dangerous wasp infestation ‘beyond limits’ of controlA potentially dangerous wasp infestation at Brisbane Airport has “probably already spread beyond the limits of practical control”, the aviation safety authority warned in its report on a 2018 incident | CameronAtfield
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »

SA wine region residents plead for driver caution on local roads after string of crashesFollowing a string of crashes — some fatal — at intersections around the McLaren Vale wine region, locals are pleading with visitors to the area to pay attention to signage and other drivers on the roads. Then stop giving drivers wine
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

‘We have missed you’: New Zealand opens borders to Australian and international tourists – video‘We’re ready to welcome the world back,' NZ PM Ardern says That low level bitter hiss hidden behind smarmy fake smiles. More like missed our money she means. I miss New Zealand.
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »