[AusNOG] Telstra mobile down "nationwide"

Tue Feb 16 07:24:51 EST 2016

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?

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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>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Narelle
>>>>>>> narellec at gmail.com
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