Regional and rural mobile phone users are among the big losers in last night's budget with no funding for Australia's mobile phone blackspot program beyond the next financial year.
The National Farmers Federation says the budget overlooks the challenge of mobile connectivity in country areas.
NFF chief executive Tony Mahar says those who have been waiting for new telecommunications infrastructure in their area may now miss out.
"This is a big disappointment for farmers who are waiting for a tower in their region," he said.
Mr Mahar said the NFF had been hoping the budget would signal a greater commitment to mobile blackspots and telecommunications.
"If we are going to get to a $100 billion industry, telecommunications and digital technology is going to play a part in that journey," he said.
"While this Government's investment in new mobile towers has been strong we're now facing a situation where new investment will halt next financial year."
Kristy Sparrow from the group Better Internet for Rural, Regional and Remote Australia (BIRRR) says the funding drop-out is disappointing.
"I think that they still need to do a lot of work in regards to mobile blackspots," she said.
However, she says the lack of continued funding was not a complete surprise.
"They've [the Federal Government] just announced the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee, and that will now report back on the state of mobile connectivity in regional Australia," she said.
Kristy Sparrow says one of the other problems is that it's taking a long time for mobile towers to be built once they've been announced.
"There's still quite a few mobile blackspot towers that haven't been built from previous rounds," she said.