Australia in chaos as Telstra suffers massive mobile and Internet outage

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Around midday Tuesday, social media began to light up with customers of Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra, complaining their mobile and Internet services were down across Australia.

As of publication, Telstra's service status page remains a tragic row of red, as 2G, 3G and 4G mobile, as well as ADSL lines, among other services, are currently interrupted in certain areas nationwide

The outage was not complete, as some customers were able to access mobile data and voice services in certain areas. A Telstra spokesperson told Mashable Australia customers should still be able to contact emergency services despite the outage. Read more...