Furious townsfolk feel cut off after phone mast blackout sparks signal woes

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A furious Ayrshire community say they feel ‘cut off’ after months of mobile phone signal woes. Residents in Maybole have been struggling with a major service blackout for least three months leaving them unreachable or contactable in emergencies.A group has vowed to take on mobile giants O2 after being told of issues with the signalling mast.

The telecom company have now vowed to send out engineers to try and resolve the problem leading to communication chaos in the South Ayrshire town.

Residents who are all on different networks, say the problem has gone on on for too long as they hit out at paying for a service they can’t use.Ayrshire Live spoke to residents spoke to fed-up residents who gathered at Glebe Park to show their dismay.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.Worried parent Leah Conway, 41, rallied disgruntled neighbours of the KA19 7HY area.She has told how parents are finding it tough being unable to reach their kids when they leave the house.And the mum-of-three has revealed she doesn’t know if her twin girls who take seizures have had an episode whilst at school.Leah told Ayrshire Live: “I’ve got twin girls who both take seizures, they can just happen out of the blue.

As a parent I want to be notified when it happens.“One of my girls also fell off her bike when she was out, they’ve got phones but they weren’t able to call me to tell me what happened.“