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Don't hold your breath
Optus is the ars*hole of ISP's
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Don't hold your breath
Probably about as reliable as an old guy on the internet with (allegedy) some random certs, but I guess we'll see.
It's Optus not "Bobs's Internet and Dry-Cleaning Company", if it's a hack it's going to get out, especially when the nation's biggest media network is linked to the major competitor.
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It will get out but not in your PIR it wont. Probably works its way out in the same way as Epsteins flight list and what not.
Telstra taking the opportunity for a sneaky dig
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Same here, called a few places to check if the phone service is properly working.
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I bet f**king Optus are proud that they are up and running.
Instead they should be groveling for apologies and making amends.
Instead they should be groveling for apologies and making amends.
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Yes of course, but prefer to watch it on Foxtel.
I feel like the EPL has taken a hit in Australia because its not on there anymore.
This is apparently the inside word, I'm sure you can use your certs to analyse it
"The suspected root cause of the issue lies with the route reflectors, which are currently handling an excessive number of routes, leading to session shutdown and a complete traffic halt. Our on-site technician is actively prioritising establishing a console connection. Rest assured that said technician is also being provided additional technical support remotely."
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WTF are you on about Its EXACTLY what i said the problem was. Port exhaustion/too many connections smashing the networkThis is apparently the inside word, I'm sure you can use your certs to analyse it
"The suspected root cause of the issue lies with the route reflectors, which are currently handling an excessive number of routes, leading to session shutdown and a complete traffic halt. Our on-site technician is actively prioritising establishing a console connection. Rest assured that said technician is also being provided additional technical support remotely."
So either Optus got 1 million new customers overnight or something else happened
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You have to wonder how many new customers they will get a result of this latest drama with Optus.
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Stupid long outage now. You can just imagine the shouting and carrying on now. Assuming they can actually get an incident bridge going
They've probably had to send a bunch of peons to the nearest Telstra shop and buy 4/5G dongles!
Are you currently sitting in a café with working Wi-Fi? Have a look around. Some of the other customers might be Optus execs.
My bet on the root cause is a poorly documented and implemented change that failed and was only partially rolled back. The poor documentation leading to it being overlooked for hours. Like updating the firmware on core switches used in their backbone
Sounds suspiciously like Gladys Berejiklian government policy has found it's way to Optus.
I hope she's not using her product at the gun club.
You said the problem was it's a hack, then that it was a hack because only hacks take this long to fix, then that a spike would cause a degradation and not an outage, and that a routing issue fix wouldn't be gradual..........
What packet of cereal did you get your "certs" in?
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Well im right in all of that...
It wasnt a telecommunications gear issue, it wasnt degradation and it wasnt a routing issue as connections were being established and they are not using propogation to fix the issue and are consoling in instead (console on to remove something...)
It literally says my 2nd post was the cause and that is port exhaustion
Ports dont get exhaused without a hack in telecommunications. Can get a Cert 2 in IT at Tafe to figure that one out if you need one
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Still no connection...
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Reboot for sure. They wont admit is needed but it is
Better Loosen Up
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Back up now. Had to take a walk outside to get away from the blind spot at my office desk. But that's a whole different issue...
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My work phone's been back for about an hour.
Personal phone just came back
(Inner Melbourne / CBD)
Personal phone just came back
(Inner Melbourne / CBD)
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I cant even fathom the financial loss that businesses have encountered today, Im sure we will hear about any medical issues that cost lives in the next 12-24 hours as well.
Optus- No.
Optus- No.
Telstra seems to be more reliable
Their mobile coverage also seems better especially in regional areas where Optus is hopeless once out of urban areas.
I can no longer tolerate Optus unreliability- is it relatively simple to switch providers? Given its telecommunications related I expect it to be a shambolic nightmare but anyone with experience in moving to Telstra interested in experiences
Their mobile coverage also seems better especially in regional areas where Optus is hopeless once out of urban areas.
I can no longer tolerate Optus unreliability- is it relatively simple to switch providers? Given its telecommunications related I expect it to be a shambolic nightmare but anyone with experience in moving to Telstra interested in experiences
Sometimes it does
Especially if it's any discovered fault like not having a power cable plugged in
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So you think Optus repeated one of the biggest stuff ups in IT history after the fact?
Could be even worse then being hacked
That’s why I ditched Optus for mobile a long time ago, just couldn’t be relied on in regional areas.
It depends if you have a contract, if you don’t it’s not too difficult and Telstra will be happy to make it happen!
But I do have Optus for home Internet as it’s cheaper, someone mentioned turning on and off, that’s what I had to do to restore service when I got home as it was still off despite a message hours earlier saying it was restored.
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Somewhere within Optus.
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