It’s been nearly two months since a Telus cell tower was vandalized and toppled in Thorhild County, north of Edmonton —and residents say they’re still struggling without reliable service.

About 150 people in the area have been left with little to no cell signal after the tower was knocked down and stripped for copper in mid-June. RCMP estimate the damage at $800,000.

Local business owner Wendy Erdmann says not much has improved. Her family’s greenhouse still can’t reliably call customers.

“Ten cents a minute you know, phoning these customers back where we used to be able to call them on the cellphone and you can phone nationwide,” Erdmann told CTV News Edmonton . “I think it should be done faster. A lot of people out here depend on their cellphones.” Their landline is working, but most

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