"Mobile Phone Area Coverage"

For quite some years, the reception for Mobile Phone reception in the Robertstown area has been very limited.

In an effort to improve the coverage, an Online Petition has been created by the Webmaster to present to the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia.

It would be appreciated if anyone who experiences problems with their mobile phone reception in the area to please sign the petition by clicking on the link below and filling out the petition as requested.

Mobile Phone Coverage Petition

After many years of the Regional Council of Goyder and the Robertstown Community Management Inc perusing this issue with limited success, they were finally successful in being able to conduct a community meeting with Telstra Officials and the local member of Parliament Mr Rowan Ramsey MP.

The meeting took place on the 7th September 2011 where Mr John Tonkin, Area General Manager, SA North & West Telstra Country Wide and Mr Jeff Craddock, Local Customer Service Manager, SA North & West Telstra Country Wide were in attendance to hear the history of Mobile Phone coverage in the area and from community members of the problems that they were having not only with Mobile Phone but also with Wireless Internet.

John Tonkin advised the meeting that all infrastructure that Telstra put in place is done on a commercial basic and by revenue generated. Due to the area being low the chances of doing something immediately was very low, however he was going to have discussions with other Telstra Officials with the view to place it on a "to do" list.

Rowan Ramsey also spoke to the meeting and advised that due to the Liberal Party being in opposition, it makes it difficult for him to do very much, but he has had discussions with the Opposition Spokesman for Communications, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP with the view of him making the Minister of Communications & Broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy to resolve the issue. He also stated that he would be seeking funding from the Government to assist Telstra in constructing a Tower.

If anyone has any queries in reference to the petition or other communications issues, they can email the Webmaster who is the representative on the community management committee responsible for communications in the area.