Telstra outage hits Triple Zero calls, regional trains
“They’re often on dual SIM cards, just to make sure that if one goes down, they’re able to respond in a different way.”Six buses eventually replaced regional NSW trains on the Hunter and Southern Highlands lines that were cancelled or delayed due to the outage. The metropolitan rail network in Sydney operates using the Digital Train Radio System, a wireless technology which does not rely on the Telstra network, the spokesperson said.Cronulla local Mia Turney runs 10 kilometres with her friends before work three times a week, and expected Wednesday to be a day like any other. But the 25-year-old noticed a problem with her phone as soon as she got up.“We woke up this morning at 7am to go on our run, and none of us were getting each other’s messages.
- ▪“They’re often on dual SIM cards, just to make sure that if one goes down, they’re able to respond in a different way.”Six buses eventually replaced regional NSW trains on the Hunter and Southern Highlands lines that were cancelled or delay
- ▪The metropolitan rail network in Sydney operates using the Digital Train Radio System, a wireless technology which does not rely on the Telstra network, the spokesperson said.Cronulla local Mia Turney runs 10 kilometres with her friends bef
- ▪But the 25-year-old noticed a problem with her phone as soon as she got up.“We woke up this morning at 7am to go on our run, and none of us were getting each other’s messages.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 20 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Telstra outage: triple-zero calls affected by network glitches as regional train services slowly resume — World news | The Guardian
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