Optus has suffered a major nationwide outage. Here’s what we know about what happened

Optus has suffered a major nationwide outage. Here’s what we know about what happened

Millions of customers of Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, Optus, have been hit by an outage of mobile phone and internet services. The outage has also impacted hundreds of thousands of businesses, and has impacted some government services, public health systems and public transport systems. Here’s what we know about the outage so far. When did … Read more

Gamers Forced To Touch Grass As Major Optus Outage Continues

Gamers Forced To Touch Grass As Major Optus Outage Continues

Aussie gamers looking to do literally anything online today, if you’re with Optus, looks like you’re gonna have to touch grass for a bit instead – the major internet and mobile provider is experiencing a massive outage across the country. About 10 million customers have been affected, according to Optus, with 400,000 businesses impacted as … Read more

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services – Telco/ISP

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services – Telco/ISP

Optus engineers are working to restore services after an outage that started early this morning. According to a notice on Optus’ status page, both fixed and mobile customers are affected. “Our engineers are currently investigating a network fault that is impacting Optus mobile and fixed customers, we apologise for any inconvenience caused,” the telco said. … Read more

Australian Mobile Network Optus Hit by Large-Scale Outage — Update

Australian Mobile Network Optus Hit by Large-Scale Outage — Update

By Stuart Condie SYDNEY–Australia’s second-largest mobile network, Singapore Telecommunications-owned Optus, has been hit by an outage potentially impacting more than 10 million customers, including hospitals and Melbourne’s rail system. Optus on Wednesday said engineers were investigating a network fault, but didn’t disclose the cause. Customers began reporting problems with their Optus services shortly before dawn … Read more

The Mercury | Latest Hobart and Tasmania News

The Mercury | Latest Hobart and Tasmania News

Sport Mac Point 2.0 deadline: The five questions govt wants answers to The state government has fired another shot in the Macquarie Point makeover debate demanding more details on the alternative stadium proposal, including who will own and operate the multipurpose venue. What they want to know. 0 Sport Devils demolish footy opposition Tasmania’s wheelchair … Read more