Telstra goes down again, people can't drink beer or catch Ubers

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 afternoon, 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.

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...