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| Thread ID: 54569 | 2005-02-16 01:14:00 | Telecom/Jetstream outage | pixeldust (6619) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 325510 | 2005-02-16 01:14:00 | I hear Telecom have managed to cut a fibre link/cable which has knocked out the bottom half of the south island? Anyone heard anything else? The Xtra web site (as always) is somewhat lacking in information.... | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 325511 | 2005-02-16 01:16:00 | Confirmed that report. However as far as our client base is concerned it's only affecting Invercargill. That's about all the information available to ISP's at the moment. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 325512 | 2005-02-16 01:35:00 | Hmmm... we have all customers knocked out in Dunedin, Invercargill, Wanaka, Omaru.. | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 325513 | 2005-02-16 01:55:00 | Well apparently Telecom have advised that the outage is due to fibre damaged by falling rocks (?!) 15k north of Dunedin and expected ETA it to be repaired is 1700. | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 325514 | 2005-02-16 02:32:00 | We run all our own kit in Chch/Dunedin etc. The only thing we rely on Telecom for is Invercargill. Our servcies to Invercargill were restored ~1503 so expect most others to follow soon after. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 325515 | 2005-02-16 19:57:00 | www.stuff.co.nz | ninja (1671) | ||
| 325516 | 2005-02-16 20:14:00 | Ms Berry said it was hoped such incidents would become a thing of the past because Telecom was working on a project to improve the strength of the cable. ROFL, it will still be cut through by overenthusiastic digger operators... |
Jester (13) | ||
| 325517 | 2005-02-17 03:24:00 | i noticed how i didnt have any reception at school and i couldnt text..... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 325518 | 2005-02-17 22:58:00 | It amazes me that contractors cutting through a fibre link could cause such a huge outage over such a large area? I would have thought there would be some sort of failover system for incidents like this? | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 325519 | 2005-02-17 23:22:00 | I think they did - but when you fall back on the other smaller ones it does expect a whole lot more out of the backups - when it went down I tried calling a couple of people - overloaded mostly but you could get through - if you were lucky. 50,000 people can make alot of phone calls, download porn and communicate - maybe it fell back to going via the west coast, a much smaller cable it could be quite a strain (not that I have a clue of the physical makeup of the telecom network). But one thing is sure it works like a tree - one main trunk from Auckland => CHCH, a maller CHCH -> Dunedin and then another smaller one to the lower south island. But lets not be fooled here - TELECOM IS EVIL. They do not service their customers more than the bare munimum, make far too much profit and thanks to monopoly of telecomunications in NZ act like a predator to competitors. We are all missing out on numerous of oppertunities thanks to a very medicre telecommunications system in NZ. |
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