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03-17-2016, 11:05 AM
Telstra goes down again, people can't drink beer or catch Ubers
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Australians are getting thirsty and are stuck without a lift home. The Internet has disappeared and some people are struggling to remain calm.
On Thursday after**on, Australia's largest telecommunication company Telstra lost service across the country with calls and data being affectedMashable Australia attempted to contact Telstra, but unfortunately they use their own service.
SEE ALSO: Safe smartphones to be given to Australian domestic violence victims (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/safe-phones-domestic-violence/)
We were in an Uber at the time of the outage — which is still ongoing — and got our Internet porting cut off. The Uber driver struggled to locate his destination, and said he would have to call it a night. If the service doesn't resume soon, there will be loads of lost Sydneysiders roaming the streets trying to remember how to flag down taxis.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/telstra-down/)
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Australians are getting thirsty and are stuck without a lift home. The Internet has disappeared and some people are struggling to remain calm.
On Thursday after**on, Australia's largest telecommunication company Telstra lost service across the country with calls and data being affectedMashable Australia attempted to contact Telstra, but unfortunately they use their own service.
SEE ALSO: Safe smartphones to be given to Australian domestic violence victims (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/safe-phones-domestic-violence/)
We were in an Uber at the time of the outage — which is still ongoing — and got our Internet porting cut off. The Uber driver struggled to locate his destination, and said he would have to call it a night. If the service doesn't resume soon, there will be loads of lost Sydneysiders roaming the streets trying to remember how to flag down taxis.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/17/telstra-down/)
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