Looks like it just died again.
Tim Dykes On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 08:55, Jrandombob <[email protected]> wrote: > Pretty sure once they moved away from having to do the USO thing on POTS > lines they stopped bothering with batteries (and in many cases gensets). > > We lost Telstra 4G (which being in rural Tas pretty much means nobody had > phone service at all) here for several days earlier this year because there > was significant damage to the power distribution network after a storm, > meanwhile the co-located Optus 4G infrastructure didn't miss a beat and NBN > had a genset out to the local FW tower within 24 hours... > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 7:58 AM DaZZa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I guess the days of exchanges being built with enough >> battery/generator backup *and being regularly tested* went away at >> some point in the past.Probably when the focus of our lives moved from >> POTS to being all IP, but likely before that. >> >> While it's probably not fair to blame Vocus for this one - being it's >> a third party exchange (hi Telstra!), there should definitely be more >> focus on risk management in regard to power on critical infrastructure >> than there is. >> >> D >> >> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 23:36, Bradley Amm <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On Vocus outage >> > >> > There is currently one outage affecting the Vocus Network >> > >> > Significant service disruption affecting Vocus Internet services >> located in Tamworth, NSW. >> > >> > 12/04/2023 19:48 AEST - Please be advised of a service disruption >> affecting Vocus Internet services located in Tamworth, NSW. Our T3 teams >> have been engaged to investigate and identify the cause of the disruption. >> An ETR will be provided once our initial investigation is complete. Further >> updates will be provided within the next 2 hours. >> > 12/04/2023 20:10 AEST - Power issue has been identified in our >> third-party provider's network. Their exchange has lost power and back-up >> generator has also failed. No ETR at this stage. We will provide further >> update as they become available. >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > On 12 Apr 2023, at 7:46 pm, Tim Dykes <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Noticing some pretty major outages across Tamworth for multiple fixed & >> celular Telstra/Optus/NBN service types. Anyone have any further details? >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Tim Dykes >> > _______________________________________________ >> > AusNOG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > AusNOG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> >> >> >> -- >> veg·e·tar·i·an: >> Ancient tribal slang for the village idiot who can't hunt, fish or ride >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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