Optus outage affects millions of customers

Optus outage affects millions of customers

The issue is also affecting eftpos terminals on the Optus network, hospitals, and Uber drivers who have been unable to operate the app. Ramsay Health Care, which operates 73 private hospitals and day surgeries across Australia, said its phone lines were down as a result of the outage. NetBlocks said metrics show Optus mobile services … Read more

Optus outage: millions across Australia without mobile or internet as network goes down | Optus

Optus has been hit by a nationwide outage, with its mobile phone and internet services down for millions of Australian customers and businesses. On its website early on Wednesday, Optus said its engineers were investigating a network fault affecting customers. Mobile phone users were unable to make or receive calls and mobile internet services were … Read more

Melbourne Metro Trains delayed after communications outage

Melbourne Metro Trains delayed after communications outage

Loading “My understanding also is that there are some services that have been restored, so there may be some sort of what we call redundancy or backup communications that’s been enabled in that system,” Rowland told ABC Radio National. Metro Trains confirmed its backup system used the mobile network and was affected by the Optus … Read more

Chaos as Optus crashes nationwide

Chaos as Optus crashes nationwide

An Optus spokesman said the company was working to fix the problem, but could not yet answer questions about the cause of the problem. “Optus is aware of an issue that may be impacting some of our mobile and internet customers,” the spokesman said. “We are currently working to identify the cause and apologise for … Read more

Major Optus outage; Queen’s Wharf casino dodges impact scrutiny; Can Brisbane justify two racecourses on prime land?

Major Optus outage; Queen’s Wharf casino dodges impact scrutiny; Can Brisbane justify two racecourses on prime land?

Thank you for joining us for Brisbane Times’ live news blog. Brisbane can expect a partly cloudy day today, with a maximum of 25 degrees. In this morning’s news, a major Optus outage is affecting millions of customers around the country. Meanwhile in Queensland, in what one expert says is an attempt to “avoid unpleasant … Read more

Optus outage affects millions of customers

Optus outage affects millions of customers

Ramsay Health Care, which operates 73 private hospitals and day surgeries across Australia, said its phone lines were down as a result of the outage. “Ramsay hospital phone services are being impacted by a national outage of Optus telecommunications. At this time, we are unaware how long this outage will continue,” it said in a … Read more