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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Scott,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Exchange hardware failure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>They were talking about flying in
equipment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>All our services went down 1:40am AEST.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Service restored at 11:37am AEST.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Took down everything, including NT
Govt.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am waiting for a detailed report on what
happened.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We've seen similar outages before, and they were previously
related to power at the exchange.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=320210206-07042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Colwell,
Scott<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 7 April 2009 3:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ausnog@ausnog.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AusNOG] Major Telstra Outage - Darwin,
affecting voice and data services<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=644411805-07042009>I've read the article on the ABC website (<A
href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/07/2536724.htm)">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/07/2536724.htm)</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=644411805-07042009>Does anybody know more about what
happened?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=644411805-07042009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=644411805-07042009>Starting at 1am sounds like a maintenance gone
bad.....</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=644411805-07042009>Scott</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Darren
Moss<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 7 April 2009 8:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
ausnog@ausnog.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AusNOG] Major Telstra Outage -
Darwin,affecting voice and data services<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
Noggers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is currently
a major outage in Darwin, affecting voice and data services pretty much
everywhere.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial size=2>ISDN down, BDSL
down, Frame services down, ADSL down.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Telstra does not
have an ETA at this stage, however the last update was they are locating
replacement hardware.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=458372922-06042009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cheers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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