Tasmanians voice frustrations at poor mobile phone reception across the state

Lucy Stone
Updated January 16 2017 - 3:36pm, first published 1:00pm
NO RECEPTION: An interstate visitor tries to get phone reception from atop Launceston's Windmill Hill. Reception just half an hour's drive from Launceston city centre is reported as 'patchy' to 'nonexistent'. Picture: Scott Gelston.
NO RECEPTION: An interstate visitor tries to get phone reception from atop Launceston's Windmill Hill. Reception just half an hour's drive from Launceston city centre is reported as 'patchy' to 'nonexistent'. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Picking up your phone to make a quick call is such an automatic gesture these days, it’s a shock when the unwelcome ‘No Reception’ notice appears.

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Lucy Stone

Lucy Stone

Local government reporter, The Examiner

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