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Telstra in the hot seat following widespread outage

A wave of investigations and possible multimillion-dollar fines are in store for Telstra after its third major outage in less than a year.

AAP · Jul 10

Why pay a premium fee for a service that isn’t? How the nationwide outage could hurt Telstra

The telco has long banked on its reputation as having the most stable, widest mobile telco coverage. That is now badly dented

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Afternoon Update: Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’; Derryn Hinch dies; and sailing a 10th-century Viking boat

Vicki Brady admits Telstra knew of the risks posed by a failure of its time-keeping systems

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Morning Mail: IDF accused of ‘executing’ Palestinian aid driver, Telstra’s back-to-the-future glitch, fastest spider found

Eyewitnesses say Israeli soldier killed a man bringing food aid into Gaza; the brown huntsman judged to be the world’s fastest arachnid

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

Telstra’s triple-zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits

Perhaps we will return to public ownership of infrastructure networks. But for now we need to consider limited steps, with a more radical solution for fragile emergency services

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network

The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

Telstra Outage Update: Triple Zero Calls Hit By Secondary Fault After 'Fix'

Telstra is facing scrutiny after a nationwide outage and a secondary fault left some Triple Zero calls failing even after the company said services were restored, prompting 639 welfare checks and rail disruptions across Australia.

International Business Times UK · Jul 9

Afternoon Update: antisemitism envoy calls for ABC ‘oversight’; Modi and Albanese ink uranium deal; and a Wimbledon wildcard’s dream run

Jillian Segal tells the royal commission the ABC and SBS need a committee to vet Israel coverage

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9

How an outage like Telstra’s affects Australians’ health care, beyond emergency calls

The fallout from Telstra’s national network outage on Wednesday was widespread, stalling trains and electronic payments, and preventing emergency calls to Triple Zero connecting. The company conducted more than 600 welfare checks on people unable to contact the emergency hotline, with seven people needing assistance.

The Conversation · Jul 9

How a nationwide Telstra outage rocked the Australian economy – and what we can learn

On Wednesday morning, Telstra’s mobile network suffered a major outage, leaving thousands of Australians unable to make phone calls or access data.

The Conversation · Jul 9