No EFTPOS, no cash, so it was IOUs at Harden on weekend in blackout

John Ellicott
Updated September 20 2017 - 9:50am, first published September 19 2017 - 7:50am
IGA store at Harden warned customers but tempers still flared with no EFTPOS system and ATMs knocked out by the Telstra breakdown.
IGA store at Harden warned customers but tempers still flared with no EFTPOS system and ATMs knocked out by the Telstra breakdown.

A whole town has lost Telstra mobile coverage for four days, and counting, forcing frustrated locals to ask for IOUs from businesses after eftpos systems collapsed and businesses lost thousands of dollars.

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John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

journalist and author