Frustrated Jindera residents are calling on to take action to improve phone reception in the town. or signup to continue reading Talks commenced in July 2022 for Telstra to co-locate its infrastructure with the Optus switched on at Jindera Recreation Reserve in 2018. granted approval for the works early in 2024, but concerns have been raised that no progress has been made since.
Jindera resident Peter Davison said he regularly commuted between Jindera and Howlong on Road and had no phone reception. He recalled passing a traffic incident on the road in 2023 and could not phone it in. "I don't want to watch videos between here and Howlong, I want to make phone calls, and we can't.
It's impossible," he said. "The community is annoyed. We hear about 5G in the cities and we just want to make phone calls, I don't care about how quickly I can watch a video.
"It's as weak as water. "It's the 21st century and it's a basic service these days. It's not the 1940s where the phone was a luxury.
" had expected construction to commence in January or February this year. "Way back in July 2022, the council was approached by the BMM Group, who were acting on behalf of Telstra, to investigate co-locating with Optus on their tower in Jindera at the recreation reserve," she said. "We're still here two-and-a-half years later without that co-location happening, and the service is therefore not improving.
"For people in Jindera, it isn't too bad, but move out a couple of kilometres, and you've got no .