Grain grower Brendan Taylor remembers his first mobile phone that sat like a brick in the front seat of his ute.
He got better reception on the plains of Queensland's Western Downs using that early technology than he does after the shut down of the 3G mobile network.
"There's black spots where there never used to be black spots," Mr Taylor told AAP.
"There's more gaps, more drop outs, you can h...
