Anger as six-day Telstra outage forces businesses to close and residents to stock up on Optus sim cards
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Telstra apologises after a faulty part leaves business owners and residents in a north west NSW town in a service blackout.
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    A faulty part has been blamed by Telstra for a service blackout in a northern New South Wales community that has left businesses and residents stranded without reception for a sixth day.

    Bingara business owner and mother Brianna Mack said she was forced to close her boutique clothing and jewellery store for three days.

    Despite Optus’s recent nationwide outage, Ms Mack saw no other option than to travel to nearby Inverell on Monday to stock up on sim cards from a rival carrier.

    After almost a week of transmission issues in the town of more than 1,000 residents, Telstra said it would fly in replacement parts from Sydney with the hope of restoring the service by the afternoon.

    Telstra regional general manager Michael Marom said repair work was underway.

    Telstra said business owners might be entitled to compensation, but Ms Mack said that was “not fair” for residents who were affected.

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