From steel wool to complex maps, keeping rural Aussies connected takes some work

Chris McLennan
Updated July 22 2021 - 3:41pm, first published 8:00am
FarmBuy Real Estate
Telstra's transmission and internet equipment has provided a perfect warm environment for damaging mice to live in. Up to 50 mice live in a space as big as a bedroom closet. Picture: Telstra.
Telstra's transmission and internet equipment has provided a perfect warm environment for damaging mice to live in. Up to 50 mice live in a space as big as a bedroom closet. Picture: Telstra.

From mouse plagues to bushfires, keeping phones working across rural Australia can be a challenge.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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