[AusNOG] Telstra mobile down "nationwide"

Damien Gardner Jnr rendrag at rendrag.net
Tue Feb 16 09:10:47 EST 2016


8, N, 1.  That's a start bit, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. That's
actually 10 bits per transmitted byte.  :)

Since it's sent over packet radio, I was figuring it was basically the same
overheads.  If you happen to have references on how the data on LTE is
encapsulated, I'd love to read them :)

If it was ethernet, the overheads are much narrower - 38 bytes for the
Ethernet frame, and 40 bytes for the IP header. (Though the IP header isn't
going to be taken into account by Layer 7 apps reporting their throughput),
or only 5% of throughput, compared to 20% on serial.

On 16 February 2016 at 08:58, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 16 Feb 2016 07:26, "Damien Gardner Jnr" <rendrag at rendrag.net> wrote:
> >
> > 166gbps, and assuming you're using 8 bits per byte.
> >
> > When did we start using 8 bits per byte for calculating comms rates,
> rather than 10?
> >
>
> The more interesting question is when did you start using 10 bits per
> byte, and why did you think it was common or popular to use?
>
> The only way I can think of to get to 10 bits per byte is on an async
> serial link with combinations of non-zero numbers of parity and stop bits,
> and that wasn't common in my time dealing with dealing with serial. N, 8, 1
> was or 9 bits in total.
>
> > I figured on 208gbps including signalling overhead
> >
> > On 15 February 2016 at 23:33, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> My math says 1.8PB over 24 hours works out to an average of 160gbps?
> >>
> >> --Damian
> >>
> >> On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 6:34 PM, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't know, 1.8PB in even only 12 hours works out at ....  ....
> 41.6666 Gbps or about the same as Vodafone. I'd say its the same order of
> magnitude, although the Telstra network on a whole during Sunday certainly
> would have pulled at least 400G if not Tbps.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Telstra reports the network did 1.8 PB of traffic on Sunday.
> Impressive. When vodafone did their free weekend for a similar stuff up I
> believe they reported only getting a peak of 40gbps, which would be almost
> an order of magnitude less than Telstra.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2016/02/15/big-day-of-free-data/
> >>>>
> >>>> --Damian
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Quentin Rittman <
> quentinrittman at internode.on.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Boost are, Telechoice are, Aldi are,
> >>>>> Others, dunno.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Narelle
> <narellec at gmail.com>
> >>>>> Date: Saturday, 13 February 2016 at 6:31 PM
> >>>>> To: Michael Biber <mbiber at ipv6forum.com.au>, Joshua D'Alton <
> joshua at railgun.com.au>
> >>>>> Cc: "ausnog at ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Telstra mobile down "nationwide"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've only heard the names of some resellers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best to check.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> YBSMV
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [Billing system]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Narelle
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:26 Michael Biber <mbiber at ipv6forum.com.au>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does this include Telstra resellers like Boost?
> >>>>>> They haven't said anything to me so I presume not.
> >>>>>> Mike
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 12 Feb 2016 7:46 pm, "Joshua D'Alton" <joshua at railgun.com.au>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Apparently this Sunday is free data day,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> As a small gesture to say sorry, we’re giving you — as a Telstra
> mobile
> >>>>>>> customer — free mobile data within Australia this Sunday.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Whether you’re on a personal or business, pre-paid or post-paid
> mobile, tablet or mobile broadband plan, you will automatically receive
> free data, from ​midnight ​to ​midnight in your local Australian time zone
> ​Sunday ​14 ​February ​2016.
>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Narelle <narellec at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Then there's this one:
> >>>>>>>>
> http://www.itnews.com.au/news/telecom-nz-hands-out-cdma-phones-after-3g-network-failure-165889
>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> and this one:
> >>>>>>>>
> https://wirelesse2e.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/another-outage-more-lessons-geo-redundancy-couldnt-prevent-verizon-lte-service-disruption/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> A lot of it has to do with the massive increase in signalling as
> each user terminal tries to re-register with the HLR/HSS (3G/4G
> respectively).
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> That's why when you bring them back on you have to do it
> gradually... it is a highly reliable system generally and 4G is definitely
> more so than 3G.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Narelle
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Roland Dobbins <
> rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 11 Feb 2016, at 6:55, TWIG Solutions wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Same thing occurred there, if and RNG failed, if the
> switch-over to the standby failed for some reason, the resulting
> registration storm caused the network to fall-over for 18 hours.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> <
> http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/Papers/att_collapse.html>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> -----------------------------------
> >>>>>>>>> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>
> >>>>>>>>>
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> > Damien Gardner Jnr
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Damien Gardner Jnr
VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
--
We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
 We ran to the sounds of thunder.
We danced among the lightning bolts,
 and tore the world asunder
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