Frustrated fire-affected Telstra customer travels 200km to hire $600 satellite phone | Dana_Adele
A 70-year-old Telstra customer who lost connection in the bushfires has travelled 200 kilometres to Sydney to hire a satellite phone for $600 to ensure her sick and elderly neighbours can call phone triple-0 in a medical emergency.
Living in a mobile phone black spot meant that a satellite phone was the only way to communicate with the outside world, she said — but while multiple call centre operators told her she was entitled to one under Telstra's bushfire assistance scheme, getting one delivered proved impossible.Simone de Peak"But the places that have been burnt out are not dangerous."
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