Hello? You there? Can you still hear me? - Questions everyone along the South Coast asks due to one thing alone - black spots.
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The South Coast has become known for having terrible mobile black spots along the Princes Highway.
Where are some of the worst black spots on the South Coast?
The South Coast is rampant with bad mobile black spots, but whereabouts are they?
Ulladulla and Batemans Bay
The stretch of highway between Ulladulla and Batemans has multiple black spots where phones will cut off, regardless of the phone provider.
New towers have been confirmed to be built in this area to solve this problem.
The Regional Connectivity Program is set to fund the new towers, providing $1.43 million.
Nowra and Ulladulla
The highway between Nowra and Ulladulla also presents multiple phone black spots and has been a problem for a long time.
Phone calls will drop out regularly along the stretch of road, with many sections resulting in SOS only for phones.
This is a genuine concern for travellers should they break down.
Kiama Bends
A little further up north, the rather dangerous stretch of road is famous in the community for having terrible phone reception.
This is an example of roads which need better mobile reception for safety reasons.
Should an accident take place on the bends, drivers will need reception - a sentiment which has driven the popular community campaign known as 'Mend the Bends'.
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What is the Government going to do about it?
The Black Spot Program is a program which previous Governments have already committed $380 million "to invest in telecommunications infrastructure to improve mobile coverage and competition across Australia," according to the Australian Government website.