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

[Mark Andrews]

I’m wondering if it is leaking over to Vodafone as International Roaming has failed for me here in Prague at about the same time.  All I’m getting is “no servíce” even after forcing the carrier to Vodafone CZ which I’ve been using the last 8 days. 

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Mark Andrews

> On 8 Nov 2023, at 01:10, Nick Jenkin <njenkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Just a few announcements... https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as4804?dateRange=2d
> 
>> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 11:06, Ben Buxton <bb.ausnog at bb.cactii.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 10:14, DaZZa <dazzagibbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that it's a change which wasn't thoroughly
>>> tested before being rolled out, and which had an inadequate backout
>>> plan.
>> 
>> Also, "Our on-site technician is actively prioritising establishing a console connection.".
>> 
>> I mean come on, it's nearly 2024 and a [major] telco does not have remote console access? Whilst I'm
>> looking forward to enthusiastically reading the PM, I'll have to book a physio appointment in advance due to 
>> neck strain from all the head shaking it'll likely induce.
>> 
>> BB
>> 
>>  
>>> 
>>> Interestingly, my Optus mobile actually had a valid connection for a
>>> short time - wasn't able to actually DO anything, but was connected to
>>> the OPtus network - but it's now gone to "SOS" mode.
>>> 
>>> D
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 10:01, John Edwards <jaedwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > The 4am Wednesday morning outage start looks suspiciously like a firmware upgrade window.
>>> >
>>> > I note that Optus devices where I am are showing "SoS" which indicates the tower is unable to reach the location register, which presumably is on a private network and indicative of a pretty major fault rather than just IP.
>>> >
>>> > John
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 09:10, DaZZa <dazzagibbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> 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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