Outage stories - Page 2
DDos dramatically increasing cause of data center outages
Tue, 26th Jan 2016
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ddos
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data centre operators
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data centre maintenance / management
Cybercrime is making its presence felt in data centers as the fastest growing cause of unplanned outages, while outage costs themselves are escalating.
Vodafone network down and out
Thu, 16th Apr 2015
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telco
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3g
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customers
Customers nationwide using the 2G, 3G and 4G network may be having difficulty making and receiving calls, TXTs and using data.
Vodafone fibre cut, call centres down around the country
Mon, 16th Feb 2015
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contact centre
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telco
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outage
Vodafone is experiencing an unexpected fibre cut in Auckland, Penrose, and says this is impacting Vodafone call centres nationwide.
Telecom fixes NZ-wide fault
Tue, 11th Dec 2012
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broadband
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customers
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telco
Telco firm returns service to 200,000 customers after broadband connection problems earlier this morning.
Google faces enquiry over undeleted data
Mon, 30th Jul 2012
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privacy
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street view
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google
Following the global outage of Google Talk, the internet search engine is under investigation after admitting failing to delete private user information.
NZNET trouble - we dig deeper
Thu, 27th Oct 2011
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edge data centre
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ird
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vector
Tales of court action, shareholder disagreements, employment disputes and frozen bank accounts for local ISP and hosting company.
Vodafone network outage - Updated
Tue, 4th Oct 2011
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telco
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outage
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vodafone
Vodafone has posted a notice on its online forum saying some users may currently be unable to browse the internet.
Attempted upgrade shuts down 14 govt sites - Updated
Wed, 28th Sep 2011
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government
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outage
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consumers
A number of government websites including the Companies Office and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs have suffered a major technology issue.
Office 365 suffers outage - Updated
Thu, 18th Aug 2011
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microsoft
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twitter
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microsoft office
The outages are frustrating for technology companies trying to convince IT professionals that cloud services are reliable.
PSN restoration begins
Wed, 1st Jun 2011
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encryption
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gaming
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technology gifts
Sony’s PlayStation Network is on the road to recovery after hackers compromised it, causing a nearly month-long outage.
Cloud outages result in Amazon apology
Tue, 3rd May 2011
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servers
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amazon
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bbc
Amazon apologises and explains the large scale outages in its cloud hosting service that disrupted high traffic websites across the net.
Telecom apologises for Auckland outage
Mon, 21st Feb 2011
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broadband
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outage
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business
Steady progress is being made, with the majority of customers now back online, a Telecom spokesperson has said.
Email outage strikes TelstraClear
Tue, 9th Nov 2010
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telstraclear
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telco
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outage
After a significant outage, TelstraClear restores email services, apologises for disruption affecting Paradise and ClearNet users.
Orcon loses years of customer emails
Fri, 29th Oct 2010
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customers
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twitter
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orcon
Orcon loses emails for 266 customers in overnight outage, with efforts to retrieve them so far unsuccessful. #Orcon #emailoutage.
Major outage strikes Orcon
Tue, 5th Oct 2010
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helpdesk
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orcon
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outage
Updated: All essential services have now been restored, says Orcon.
Facebook goes down (twice)
Mon, 27th Sep 2010
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facebook
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social networking
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outage
Facebook has been plagued with outages over the last few days, crashing twice within 24 hours.
UPDATE: XT outage number five?
Thu, 8th Apr 2010
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migration
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outage
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christchurch
Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.
Vodafone sorry for service disruption
Mon, 8th Mar 2010
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nz
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telco
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customers
Vodafone has apologised to customers affected by a network failure in the weekend which affected customers in the Bay of Plenty.
Minister orders investigation into 111
Fri, 26th Feb 2010
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police
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outage
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government
The government has launched an investigation in the failure of some emergency 111 calls in Auckland this morning.
Another corporate revisits XT migration
Thu, 11th Feb 2010
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migration
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gen-i
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aa
In December they gave XT another chance, in February they are less forgiving.
Telecom stumps up $5m for XT compensation
Tue, 2nd Feb 2010
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customers
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outage
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alcatel-lucent
Customers affected by the XT outage last week will be offered free calling, texting and data downloads in a compensation package expected to cost Telecom $5 million.
XT - independent review, angry CEO
Thu, 28th Jan 2010
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telco
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outage
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spark
Telecom announces an independent review after XT Network crashes again, leaving the CEO angry at letting customers down.
[UPDATES] XT down again?
Wed, 27th Jan 2010
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twitter
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telco
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customers
Telecom has advised on Twitter that customers south of Taupo may be experiencing problems.
Telecom compensates customers
Wed, 16th Dec 2009
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nz
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outage
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taupo
XT customers will get free calling to Telecom landlines and Telecom mobiles this weekend in compensation for Monday’s outage.