Could just hang a birdcage off the phone and deliver SMS via IPoAC?

 

From: AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Nick Stallman
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:09 PM
To: Karen Hargreave <ka...@iamunique.net.au>; Christopher Hawker 
<m...@chrishawker.com.au>
Cc: Tony Miles <tmile...@gmail.com>; ausnog@lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile issues again?

 

If you had SMS via VoIP that would be *really* perfect.

 

On 24/05/18 15:52, Karen Hargreave wrote:

Dual sim, VoIP app on the phone, then tell everyone to call the number linked 
to the VoIP number *shrug* not hard, just a pain

Sent from my iPad


On 24 May 2018, at 1:18 pm, Christopher Hawker <m...@chrishawker.com.au 
<mailto:m...@chrishawker.com.au> > wrote:

That is where a mobile number on a SIP service would come in useful, 2 
providers for data failover, same number no matter which network.

 

CH.

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From: AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net 
<mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> > on behalf of Bradley Amm 
<b...@bradleyamm.com <mailto:b...@bradleyamm.com> >
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 1:06:17 PM
To: Tony Miles; Mark Currie
Cc: &lt,ausnog@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> &gt,
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile issues again? 

 

Yes but the point is the number is only associated to one sim. If that sims 
network provider is down you still wont get calls to that number.

 

You can still make calls

 

 

 

 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

 

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From: Tony Miles <tmile...@gmail.com <mailto:tmile...@gmail.com> > 

Date: 24/5/18 9:58 am (GMT+08:00) 

To: Mark Currie <mcur...@laserfast.com.au <mailto:mcur...@laserfast.com.au> > 

Cc: "<,ausnog@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> >," 
<ausnog@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> > 

Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile issues again? 

 

Might be a market now for dual-sim 'electronic bracelets' too now :)

 

On 23 May 2018 11:57, "Mark Currie" <mcur...@laserfast.com.au 
<mailto:mcur...@laserfast.com.au> > wrote:

There are dual SIM phones available as well.. Just sayin’ :-)

Mark 

 

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net 
<mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> ] On Behalf Of Bradley Amm
Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2018 11:19 AM
To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> 
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile issues again?

 

It would be great if we could “roam” between all networks or a company comes up 
with a product that can roam between all networks

 

 

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net 
<mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> ] On Behalf Of Brenden Cruikshank
Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2018 6:37 AM
To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> 
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile issues again?

 

I’m on a personal Telstra plan with an iPhone 8 Plus. It’s my choice to use 
Telstra because I’m either on call or backup to the oncall and I selected 
Telstra due to its “premium” mobile network. It’s not just coverage but 
actually reliable data speeds. 

 

Throughout the Telstra outage my phone never went SOS only, does this mean my 
phone wouldn’t have been able to fail over to another network for 000 / 112??? 
I was unable to make outbound calls and my incoming calls all went to 
voicemail. My guess is I would be unable to call 000/112 and in an emergency 
hopefully someone is on another carrier 

 

This happened just outside my office building yesterday, if Telstra was out on 
Tuesday instead of Monday what’s your chances? Would the Telstra outage have 
affected emergency services once they arrived??

 

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/woman-seriously-injured-after-being-hit-by-bus-in-brisbane-cbd-20180522-p4zgo5.html
 

 

Telstra seems to publicly dismiss its outages as minor or “affected a small 
number of users” meanwhile people are mentioning it nation wide. The outages 
have been higher then usual over the last 6 months but I’ve got 18 months left 
on my contact. 

 

At work we use an Optus evolve service and have 1-3 fixed voice or data outages 
on a good month lasting 30-90 mins to half a day or longer. Business is in 
contract until 2020, it’s now just accepted as a normal thing and phones are 
too hard so “thinking about what to do about it” isn’t as simple as that. (We 
did get a second internet service so I guess we did think about it on the data 
side). 

 

On the other hand we have a legacy Telstra frame relay service, it’s had 100% 
uptime for as long as I can remember. Old technology just seems so much more 
reliable. 

 

Tonight I’m picking up a Amaysim to use as a backup on their $10/mo plan. It’s 
cheap and what Telstra recommends I don’t do! 

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-warns-users-off-cheap-sims-491236 

 

And 4G was unavailable this morning at Central station in Brisbane with minimal 
to no 3G data throughput. Thanks Telstra. 

 

 

Sent from my iPhone


On 22 May 2018, at 11:11 pm, Joshua D'Alton <jos...@railgun.com.au 
<mailto:jos...@railgun.com.au> > wrote:

If a business, regardless of size, isn't looking at these Telstra outages (or 
any of their provider outages really) and getting the ball rolling on what to 
do about it..... well, not good.

 

The smallest business has the ability, even if not the 
intelligence/motivation/smarts/etc, to evaluate what they rely on and the level 
of continuity they require. Literally even just reading this thread should be 
enough to raise the appropriate questions, such as "why do you think something 
like "they pay for a service. It probably isn't the cheapest, but they pay for 
it anyhow because the name brings an element of trust" means zero downtime?"

 

It is interesting that there has been a shift between services you could 
totally rely on (say Telstra in the 90s), to those you can't even with a tight 
SLA (Telstra now..), but the reality is those considering a bulletproof system 
in the 90s still had a backup incase of a Telstra outage.

 

But back to the OP, Telstra dropping 000 should be hounded like no tomorrow. 
People think power gas is essential services, but 000 is actually essential. Is 
anyone monitoring the ACMA or whoever responses to these events and the lapsing 
of SLAs?

 

On 22 May 2018 at 22:22, Karen Hargreave <ka...@iamunique.net.au 
<mailto:ka...@iamunique.net.au> > wrote:

Ok, devils advocate side to the rant..

 

Firstly, let me say that I am not against your idea in the sense that there is 
definitely a need for small businesses to be more agile. 

 

Ok, that said. Yes, one could think that a small business could be more agile, 
but then, they pay for a service. It probably isn't the cheapest, but they pay 
for it anyhow because the name brings an element of trust. Small businesses 
generally don't have the ability to reach into a draw and pick up a sim from 
another provider just to keep them on the air. Even if they can, how do they 
tell their customers of a phone number change? Who do they tell? Yes, a 
solution could involve other types of voice services to be contacted on, but 
then there is the question, if part of what they are paying for is trust in the 
brand, then well...  you know where I am going.

 

Oh, and food for thought, almost literally...  try working at a food delivery 
place when the competitor has no eftpos...  yes, they do lose money :) and 
customers :) 


Sent from my iPad


On 22 May 2018, at 9:49 pm, Jason Leschnik <ja...@leschnik.me 
<mailto:ja...@leschnik.me> > wrote:

The Media and the Public's response to this is a little disheartening. Before I 
got into the world of networking I'd be part of the masses on WhingePool 
ragging on the ISPs. The more I see behind the curtain of the industry I 
sympathise that the problems we face are large and complex. Most people 
struggle to perform simple "adult" functions but yet believe that a large 
insanely complex organisation with many moving parts isn't just as potentially 
flawed is baffling. So many comments on Twitter with business owners blaming 
Telstra for their "insane financial loss" due to the outage but in saying that, 
isn't their lack of BCP nothing more than the same thing Telstra saw if not 
worse? A small company is much more agile to create a simple BCP for events 
like this. 

 

/Rant 

 

On 21 May 2018 at 10:37, Ross Wheeler <aus...@rossw.net 
<mailto:aus...@rossw.net> > wrote:


I'm seeing (mobile) services - voice and data - down or intermittent in 
multiple areas for the last 40 minutes or so.

Can't find anything mentioned about it - am I just lucky enough to have a 
significant proportion of my telstra services go titsup all together, or is 
there some wider issue?

(None of my services with other carriers seem affected at this stage).
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