CONFIRMED: Telstra Black Ops Strike Again

In a daring midnight raid, a team of Telstra Black Ops troops overpowered construction workers and dug up the main Optus fibre link at Molendair just west of Surfers Paradise. At the same time another team was taking out the backup link at the Stanthorpe Facility approximately 300kms away.

With both is primary and backup links down land line, mobile and data services were down across Queensland and some of Northern New South Wales between 07:53 and 12:00 (some services were still being restored as late as 18:00). Optus attempted a reprisal raid but was repulsed by a door that was reportedly locked by Telstra Staff. Optus management is currently holding meetings to discuss how to bypass said door in the future.

This is just another example of how dedicated and capable Telstra is at building and securing the nextgen fibre NBN.

Associated Media:
Whirlpool link
News.com.au link
IT Wire link

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