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TelstraClear crunches unmetered weekend numbers

Wed, 7th Dec 2011
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TelstraClear's unmetered weekend saw a data usage 'frenzy,' with customers consuming 359TB, a 2.5-fold increase from the previous weekend's total.
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Vodafone network outage - Updated

Tue, 4th Oct 2011
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Vodafone has posted a notice on its online forum saying some users may currently be unable to browse the internet.
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Cloud outages result in Amazon apology

Tue, 3rd May 2011
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Amazon apologises and explains the large scale outages in its cloud hosting service that disrupted high traffic websites across the net.
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Telecom apologises for Auckland outage

Mon, 21st Feb 2011
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Steady progress is being made, with the majority of customers now back online, a Telecom spokesperson has said.
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Email outage strikes TelstraClear

Tue, 9th Nov 2010
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After a significant outage, TelstraClear restores email services, apologises for disruption affecting Paradise and ClearNet users.
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Orcon loses years of customer emails

Fri, 29th Oct 2010
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Orcon loses emails for 266 customers in overnight outage, with efforts to retrieve them so far unsuccessful. #Orcon #emailoutage.
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Vector blamed for Orcon outage

Wed, 6th Oct 2010
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Orcon experienced two outages yesterday, attributing the first to Vector's network issues and the second to a power board failure at its Northcote data centre.
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Major outage strikes Orcon

Tue, 5th Oct 2010
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Orcon faces a second major network outage today, following an initial disruption this morning caused by a power issue with a third-party vendor.
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Facebook goes down (twice)

Mon, 27th Sep 2010
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Facebook experienced its worst outage in over four years, leaving millions disconnected twice last week due to an internal error.
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XT outages explained

Fri, 7th May 2010
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Telecom and Alcatel Lucent failed to manage the high number of subscribers attracted onto the XT Network when it launched in May last year.
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UPDATE: XT outage number five?

Thu, 8th Apr 2010
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Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.
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Vodafone sorry for service disruption

Mon, 8th Mar 2010
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Vodafone has apologised to customers affected by a network failure in the weekend which affected customers in the Bay of Plenty.
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Minister orders investigation into 111

Fri, 26th Feb 2010
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The government has launched an investigation in the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning.
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Alcatel Lucent NZ boss resigns, new appointment made

Mon, 22nd Feb 2010
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Alcatel Lucent NZ CEO Steve Lowe resigns; Jyoti Mahurkar-Thombre to assume leadership on 8 March amid ongoing Telecom XT network issues.
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Another corporate revisits XT migration

Thu, 11th Feb 2010
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Fonterra halts XT Network migration pending Telecom's explanation of recent outages, joining the Automobile Association in reassessing their telecom strategies.
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Telecom stumps up $5m for XT compensation

Tue, 2nd Feb 2010
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Telecom pledges USD $5m for XT outage compensation, offering free calls, texts, and data, while also donating USD $250,000 to local charities.
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XT - independent review, angry CEO

Thu, 28th Jan 2010
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Telecom announces an independent review after XT Network crashes again, leaving the CEO angry at letting customers down.
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[UPDATES] XT down again?

Wed, 27th Jan 2010
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Telecom's XT network suffers second outage in an hour, affecting customers south of Taupo. Full service expected by 1pm, says Telecom on Twitter.
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Telecom apologises for ongoing XT outage

Mon, 14th Dec 2009
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Telecom is apologising for a massive outage that continues to affect the XT Network south of Taupo today, blaming it on a 'technical fault'.
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Major XT Network outage

Mon, 14th Dec 2009
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[Update] Telecom is reporting via Twitter a massive outage on the XT Network this morning with no coverage south of Taupo.