[AusNOG] Optus downtime chat + affecting SMS verification to Telstra?

[Robert Hudson]

Gotta say, that interview didn't give me any confidence at all.  It makes
me wonder if the CEO even knows what Optus does as its core business, or
has had any sort of media training on how to communicate with customers and
the public.

"We'd like the media to help by directing people to our messaging" - that
they can't access...

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 10:33, Bradley Amm <brad at bradleyamm.com> wrote:

> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-08/optus-outage-live-blog/103076996
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> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Optus downtime chat + affecting SMS verification
> to Telstra?
>
> The Optus hamster finally died of old age.
>
> I would suggest your SMS issues would be caused by whoever is issuing
> the SMS using Optus - not so much by the Telstra end receiving it.
>
> Anecdotally, Optus enterprise/wholesale appears to be still functional
> - at least my link appears to be working fine - and my BGP
> advertisements are still being seen overseas - seems to be only NBN
> and mobile based services which are busted
>
> D
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 09:27, <francisfides at mailup.net> wrote:
> >
> > Morning all,
> > Hope the chaos isn't too hard on your work/family.
> > I have had trouble with a couple of SMS verifications coming through to
> me, my Telstra number. Is this related?
> >
> > Any general banter around the downtime would be fine too - looks like it
> all began at 4.07am AEDT?
> >
> > Cheers
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