<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Andrew/Anthony,<br><br></div>I'm really going to resist getting into a flame war here.<br></div><div>I'm also mindful of the ausnog rules about professional respect.<br></div><div><br></div>Diverse paths or protection are a option when buying services from any carrier.<br></div>It's cheaper not to buy protection, but you really need it when something hits the fan. - (eg.a cable cut or router issue).<br><br></div><div></div><div>As mark has said, Are you paying for diverse paths or protection on your services?<br><br><div>As a general note;</div>Some cable cuts can be hard
to fix and take time - could be washed away, could be difficult access,
could be remote, could be a damn hard repair job etc.<br></div><div>There is no magic powers when it comes to repairing cable cuts, just very hard working splicers and field staff.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Note2: if you are a Telstra Wholesale customer, Please refer to the customer portal for updates about this current cable cut.<br></div><div>Please speak to your Telstra Wholesale service manager if you don't currently have access to the portal.<br></div><div>This is updated as information about comes to hand.<br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Andrew Kitchen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.kitchen@xi.com.au" target="_blank">a.kitchen@xi.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-AU">Telstra wouldn’t know what magical powers is and as for diverse paths that costs money and they stopped spending money on their networks a long time ago. Until it started
to fall apart around them now they think they can throw a bucket load of cash at it to fix what they neglected to fix years ago.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-AU">I still wonder why Australia’s keep giving their cash to the idiots.......<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.<wbr>net</a>> on behalf of Anthony Bortolotto <<a href="mailto:a.bortolotto@infinite.net.au" target="_blank">a.bortolotto@infinite.net.au</a>><span class=""><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 16 August 2016 at 9:18 AM<br>
</span><b>To: </b>Joseph Goldman <<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au" target="_blank">joe@apcs.com.au</a>>, Nathan Brookfield <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.<wbr>com.au</a>><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AusNOG] Outage Telstra Wholesale?<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_4371059113771406271__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-AU">Fibre cut between Charlotte and Parramatta since 9:58am yesterday. Some of our QLD services are out. No update since 4:23pm either.</span></a><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-AU">Looks like Telstra is Thriving On their Magical technological powers again. Have they heard of diverse paths?</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#353535" lang="EN-AU">P</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#353535" lang="EN-AU"> 1300 790 337 |
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 15 August 2016 7:28 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Outage Telstra Wholesale?</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-AU">I have a large number of services in Mackay area all still online so must be provider / backhaul specific.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Nathan Brookfield <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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On 15 Aug. 2016, at 18:13, Paul Walters <<a href="mailto:paul.walters@walthome.com" target="_blank">paul.walters@walthome.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I have a client in Mackay that is having internet issues. Someone has pointed me about a possible cable cut in dubbo that might be affecting it????<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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