[AusNOG] Tamworth Outage

[Tim Dykes]

Oh I'm not blaming vocus in the slightest. Links we lost were major Telstra
backhaul

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, 7:58 am DaZZa, <dazzagibbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess the days of exchanges being built with enough
> battery/generator backup *and being regularly tested* went away at
> some point in the past.Probably when the focus of our lives moved from
> POTS to being all IP, but likely before that.
>
> While it's probably not fair to blame Vocus for this one - being it's
> a third party exchange (hi Telstra!), there should definitely be more
> focus on risk management in regard to power on critical infrastructure
> than there is.
>
> D
>
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 23:36, Bradley Amm <brad at bradleyamm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Vocus outage
> >
> > There is currently one outage affecting the Vocus Network
> >
> > Significant service disruption affecting Vocus Internet services located
> in Tamworth, NSW.
> >
> > 12/04/2023 19:48 AEST - Please be advised of a service disruption
> affecting Vocus Internet services located in Tamworth, NSW. Our T3 teams
> have been engaged to investigate and identify the cause of the disruption.
> An ETR will be provided once our initial investigation is complete. Further
> updates will be provided within the next 2 hours.
> > 12/04/2023 20:10 AEST - Power issue has been identified in our
> third-party provider's network. Their exchange has lost power and back-up
> generator has also failed. No ETR at this stage. We will provide further
> update as they become available.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 12 Apr 2023, at 7:46 pm, Tim Dykes <ttdykes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Noticing some pretty major outages across Tamworth for multiple fixed &
> celular Telstra/Optus/NBN service types. Anyone have any further details?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tim Dykes
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