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Optus fined $12m after thousands could not call triple zero during 2023 outage

www.theguardian.com Optus fined $12m after thousands could not call triple zero during 2023 outage

Australian Communications and Media Authority says telco did not check welfare of 369 people who tried to make a call while lines were down

Optus fined $12m after thousands could not call triple zero during 2023 outage

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25891803

Australian Communications and Media Authority says telco did not check welfare of 369 people who tried to make a call while lines were down

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  • @BrikoX Good, but I think too small.

    • title of your sex tape

    • The ramifications of this is the black-listing of dozens of VoLTE phones following the 3G shutdown. This government slap-on-the-wrist has given Optus, Telstra and Vodafone carte-blanche to tell customers “you didn’t buy the phone from us, so we can’t guarantee you can make calls”.