I'm seeing reports of call failures and internet disruptions across several Australian providers. Is anyone tracking what's affected, or seeing a common cause?
Anyone tracking the internet and phone outages in Australia?
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Telstra mobile appears to be a major part of it, with reports of widespread cellular problems. That could also affect smaller providers that use its mobile network. Fibre services may not be affected in the same way, so I'd check mobile and fixed connections separately.
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Be careful with the report spikes for other providers. Someone might be on a different network but unable to reach a Telstra number, then report a problem with their own provider. That's a possible explanation, not proof that those networks are unaffected.
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For tracking, separate failed calls from mobile data and fixed internet, and note the provider at each end of a failed call. The reports also mention mobile connection alerts starting around 5:30 am, with some sites beginning to recover after 8 am. Timing and service type may be more useful than a single outage count.
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There's also a report pointing to a problem with Telstra's SNTP time synchronisation. I'd treat that as a reported cause for the Telstra mobile disruption, not an explanation for every outage showing up elsewhere.
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m14!telex_8:
That helps. I was wondering whether the reports from other providers pointed to a broader network issue.