Around 4am, Optus networks re-announced all their BGP routes at once https://radar.cloudflare.com/routing/as7474 https://radar.cloudflare.com/routing/as4804 This is indicative of a change management malfunction, akin to IBM's 2016 eCensus routers restarting with no routes https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ibm-treasury-in-settlement-talks-over-census-failure-440066
The VoWifi infrastructure seems to be online but unable to connect any calls https://goughlui.com/2023/11/08/breaking-optus-nationwide-outage-08-11-2023/ More alarmingly 000 doesn't work on landlines https://twitter.com/lucethoughts/status/1722029287727825124 contrary to advice from emergency services https://twitter.com/nswpolice/status/1722028862161449151 On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 10:08 AM Tom Worthington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any more news on what caused the Optus network outage? On ABC Canberra > Radio this morning I suggested it was most likely a software upgrade > which went wrong, and would be fixed by 6pm. > > Is VoWiFi working? > > I use Telstra, but when COVID-19 struck, I purchased an Optus 4G modem, > with an Optus SIM. This was in case Telstra went down. > > > -- > Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
