Network speed strained as Aussies' break Telstra's free data day record

UPDATE: April 3, 2016, 7:03 p.m. AEST As of 4 p.m. AEST, Australians had downloaded more than 1,841 terabytes of data, a Telstra spokesperson confirmed, exceeding the amount consumed on the Feb. 14 free data day.

"The network has performed well so far today and the overwhelming majority of our customers have enjoyed what we expect will be the biggest day of data usage we have ever experienced," he said.

To make up for yet another outage on its network, Australia's biggest telecommunications provider offered its customers a day of entirely free mobile data. Thanks to slow and sticky network speeds, however, the Sunday event did not become the Telstra lovefest the company may have hoped for.  Read more...