00:02When Rebecca Bundig sees violence on the streets of Wadair, the mother of three says she's unable to call for
00:08help.
00:09We don't feel safe walking around without no service in Wadair and we can't call police or emblem.
00:21For nine weeks, the community 400 kilometres southwest of Darwin has been without Telstra services.
00:28The telecommunications giant blaming the intermittent outage on prolonged flooding.
00:33Following questions from the ABC, Telstra confirmed its technicians had been able to restore services using generators on Friday, but
00:42it was short-lived.
00:44Now it's playing up again, coming back on and going back off.
00:50Telstra maintains its satellite services are unaffected, but locals are calling on the company to do more.
00:57If this was happening in an urban area or a major city centre, this would just not be tolerated for
01:03more than two days.
01:04We've had zero communication from Telstra about what's happening.
01:07We don't understand why mobile satellite towers haven't been deployed.
01:11In a statement to the ABC, a spokesperson for the Federal Communications Minister said the department understands natural disasters can
01:19make access to sites difficult and it expects telcos to work with communities to restore service as quickly as they
01:26can.
01:27With residents growing impatient, some have resorted to taking out plans with Elon Musk's Starlink.
01:33The Tamara Development Corporation believes new subscribers have signed up for as little as $19.
01:39They say vulnerable people are unaware of the ongoing costs, with some plans fetching up to $139 a month.
01:48Countrymen can't afford on that. And also, when does Telstra come back on, what's going to happen then?
01:55The ABC has contacted Starlink for comment.
01:58This is presentation.
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