Phone signal blackspots affect farmers adversely says Ballynoe farmer Ronnie Murphy
The mobile phone coverage in some rural areas in County Down is very poor says Ballynoe farmer Ronnie Murphy.
The Ballynoe farmer said: “As someone who uses only a mobile phone with no land line at times in the Ballylucas road area, I know right across BT30 rural areas in talking to people that we are not getting the service we are paying for to mobile phone companies.
“At times I find there is no service at all. We have to get in a car from my farm and travel two to three miles to get a signal to make calls that we should be able to make from our own farms and homes.
“I believe in the days we are living in, it is time for companies to provide us with a much better service than we have in rural areas.
“Farmers especially need much better service as most of time they are very much alone and find if they need need to use phone in my area that they have no reception.
“This is very unsatisfactory even for health and safety if they were to find themselves in a situation needing help in an emergency. Farming can be a dangerous occupation and accidents do happen.
“Having a phone signal is not a luxury, it is a necessity in the case of farmers.”
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