Stockton's mobile phone problems reach floor of Parliament

A woman walks along a street in Stockton. The suburb's issues with mobile phone coverage have been taken up in Parliament in Canberra. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Ian Slight often has to walk outdoors to get mobile phone reception.

"Sometimes we can get calls in a tiny corner of the living room or under the back door, otherwise we have to go outside," the 61-year-old said.