<div dir="ltr">This was an Optus outage caused by stolen copper.<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-Hy4HP gmail-z5wPE" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Serif",system-fonts-secondary,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(10,22,51)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Optus confirmed services were fully restored by 11.20am on Wednesday after thieves cut through a fibre cable at a Telstra pit on the Mornington Peninsula while attempting to steal copper.</p></div><div class="gmail-GJua6" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Serif",system-fonts-secondary,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(10,22,51)"></div><div class="gmail-Hy4HP gmail-z5wPE" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Serif",system-fonts-secondary,serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(10,22,51)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“This is an act of vandalism. These are criminals that are cutting the fibre that provides vital connectivity to customers,” Optus spokeswoman Jane McNamara told ABC Radio Melbourne.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The outage affected six mobile sites across the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston, with some customers in Berwick also reporting issues. Optus said it was not aware of any failed emergency calls during the outage, with calls automatically routed to other carriers’ networks.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/technology/fresh-optus-outage-impacting-emergency-service-calls-20251126-p5nijs.html">https://www.smh.com.au/technology/fresh-optus-outage-impacting-emergency-service-calls-20251126-p5nijs.html</a></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></p></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM Andrew Oskam <<a href="mailto:blue.flayme@gmail.com">blue.flayme@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm seeing reports online of an Optus Outage affecting 000 calls.<br><br>Link: <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/optus-triple-zero-outage-frankston-and-mornington-peninsula/3bc0233a-c38e-4e1e-aded-0b9661fbe057?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExZ0NkaWdueWc1akJmSFpjV3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4hcVBug4stonTEAIW5jRRw1iXTK4Xl2YHE86oS1YESUoGeiuR5R1qzg1zXTA_aem_mcLof0Eh7hAP-ur0xj8AbQ" target="_blank">9News</a><br><br>Is anyone else able to confirm this and is anyone using OvertheWire having clients affected by this? We've just opened a ticket with OTW.<br><br>Just wondering if there is any legitimacy to what I am reading.</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sent by GMail Webmail</div></div></div>
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