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One councillor has called for mobile phone masts to be equipped with more robust back-up power sources to prevent rural communities from being isolated during power outages . ‌

Trossachs and Teith ward councillor Martin Earl emphasised the importance of durable power sources for mobile phone masts, following power cuts caused by Storm Amy last week which left residents in Callander unable to dial 999 if needed. ‌

The storm resulted in power outages and flooding across parts of rural Stirling last weekend. ‌

In Callander, the local community council said that the blackout came as a result of the recent transition from traditional analogue phone lines to new digital ones.

BT has transitioned customers from conventional copper landlines to the new internet-bas

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