ACCC suggests that mobile telcos should be forced to share their networks during emergencies

The ACCC's regional mobile infrastructure inquiry has finally been made public and in it is a recommendation that the federal government get the telcos together to create a framework that'll force them to allow temporary network roaming during emergencies. So for example, there's a flood and you're on Vodafone but you have no coverage, you can use Telstra or Optus because they might have coverage where you are. Or a fire knocks out a Telstra tower but Optus still have coverage everyone can use. The good news is that Telstra and Optus and the communication's minister are all for it. The minister asked a bunch of agencies to come up with something for the government to look at further by March.