[AusNOG] Exchange Fire - Parklea NSW

Michael Keating mkeating44 at gmail.com
Tue May 9 19:09:10 EST 2017


Heh, photo wasn't mine, I was the cheeky one who asked if he had a photo...
Matthew is credited in the article so all is good.

Michael Keating

On Tue, 9 May 2017 at 7:01 pm, Mal <malz at jetlan.com> wrote:

>
> Ry owes you a beer Michael ..
>
> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-hit-by-parklea-exchange-fire-461039
>
> Mal
>
>
>
> On 9/05/2017 1:26 PM, Michael Keating wrote:
> > A couple of photos posted on Twitter confirms that...
> >
> > https://twitter.com/big_gaffa/status/861778669324382208
> >
> > Michael Keating
> >
> > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com
> > <mailto:hudrob at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Conflicts nicely with the "small fire" story that was being told
> >     earlier...
> >
> >     On 9 May 2017 at 13:26, Christopher Hawker
> >     <christopher at dataonenetworks.com.au
> >     <mailto:christopher at dataonenetworks.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >         This is the notice as reported by Telstra on
> >         servicestatus.telstra.com <http://servicestatus.telstra.com>:
> >
> >
> >         "A fire at the Parklea Exchange in Sydney overnight has caused
> >         extensive damage and interrupted some home and business
> >         broadband and phone services in Parklea and Kellyville. There is
> >         also a disruption to a small number of mobile base stations in
> >         the area. The site has now been declared safe and our techs are
> >         onsite to assess the full damage and start work on the repair
> >         job. Due to the extent of the damage we expect permanent
> >         restoration to take a number of days, so while that work takes
> >         place we are deploying two Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOW) to
> >         the area to get customers back online as soon as possible. We
> >         expect the MEOWs to arrive onsite tomorrow morning, and we will
> >         provide updates on potential restoration times as soon as we
> >         have more information."
> >
> >
> >         Regards,
> >
> >         Christopher Hawker
> >
> >         DataOne Networks
> >
> >         Phone: +61 434 512 834 <tel:+61%20434%20512%20834>
> >
> >
> >
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> >         *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> >         <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>> on behalf of Andrew
> >         Yager <andrew at rwts.com.au <mailto:andrew at rwts.com.au>>
> >         *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 May 2017 1:15:08 PM
> >         *To:* Robert Hudson
> >         *Cc:* AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>
> >         *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Exchange Fire - Parklea NSW
> >
> >         We first saw service loss around 1:50am for services that fed
> >         from that exchange.
> >
> >         Thanks,
> >         Andrew
> >
> >         On 9 May 2017 at 10:41, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com
> >         <mailto:hudrob at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >             Adding more - apparently the fire started sometime around
> >             3am, and has only in the last little while been extinguished.
> >
> >             On 9 May 2017 at 10:39, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com
> >             <mailto:hudrob at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >                 The info I have access to seems to concur more with the
> >                 reported AAPT stated position on the matter than the
> >                 reported Telstra stated position...
> >
> >                 On 9 May 2017 at 09:13, Tony de Francesco
> >                 <tonyd at pue.com.au <mailto:tonyd at pue.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >                     I think you were right the first time.
> >
> >                     On 9 May 2017 09:10, "Nathan Brookfield"
> >                     <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au
> >                     <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>> wrote:
> >
> >                         Hahaha 'Sparkles' exchange, thanks iPhone auto
> >                         correct.
> >
> >                         So it appears their was a fire at the 'Parklea'
> >                         exchange overnight for anyone impacted.
> >
> >                         Nathan Brookfield
> >                         Chief Executive Officer
> >
> >                         Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
> >                         http://www.simtronic.com.au
> >
> >                         On 9 May 2017, at 09:08, Nathan Brookfield
> >                         <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au
> >                         <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>>
> wrote:
> >
> >                         Morning Everyone,
> >
> >                         So it appears their was a fire at the sparkles
> >                         exchange overnight for anyone impacted.
> >
> >                         AAPT are advising the exchange 'Burnt Down' and
> >                         Telstra are saying 'Small Fire'.
> >
> >                         Not quite sure of the actual inspect yet apart
> >                         from some services down in the Blaxktown area
> >                         but if anyone has further information to add,
> >                         please do.
> >
> >                         Nathan Brookfield
> >                         Chief Executive Officer
> >
> >                         Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
> >                         http://www.simtronic.com.au
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