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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Tasmania coming back online after six-hour outage of internet and mobile services

A person uses a smart phone
The outage in internet and mobile data services in Tasmania began around 1pm on Tuesday. Photograph: AP

Internet services in Tasmania were restored on Tuesday evening after a six-hour outage caused by two of the three cables connecting the island state to the mainland being taken offline.

Around 1pm, Tasmanians began reporting being cut off from the internet and being unable to make calls. The outage also affected electronic payment services in the state, with stores reportedly requiring customers to pay with cash.

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