In short:
Telstra’s mobile network has suffered a major nationwide outage, affecting millions of customers and causing delays to public transport networks.
Some regional train services in NSW and Victoria have been suspended, and taxi passengers are reporting they are unable to complete payments.
What’s next?
Telstra says it is looking into the issue and will share an update once it is fixed.
… police in Western Australia have posted a statement on Facebook saying the outage appears to have affected some Triple Zero calls …
Ten bucks says it’s due to a software update to core telecommunications infrastructure.
It was NTP. Apparently Telstra didn’t like using Open Source NTPd and timed and attempted to use their own Vibe Coded time calibration solution.
This is all bullshit I just made up, but I like spreading rumours about how stupid corporate business are 😏
$20 - change made by someone whose job was off-shored to save money
$30 bucks says the offshore asked AI to “Kindly do the needful”
$40 says the blame message will focus on bottom of the ladder personnel, not root cause leadership.
$50 says that graduate told his boss and also his mentor that something looked wrong, and he’d been taught to never do it like this, but they said don’t worry about it, they do this all the time.
$67 says the grad will be the initial focus of the internal investigation. They will be made to feel awful and never want to work in that industry again.
$69 says it was Neil
Neil’s been a bit angry lately, it could have been them.
Neil’s suspiciously just gone missing. He’s probably in the Telstra pits right now destroying the vital asbestos.
AI written update changelog: "✨ Bug fixes and performance improvements! ✨ Best version EVER! 😊 😎 "
Racism, not doing our international reputation any favours mate