Back when the huge shocking thing that felt like the end of the world was Australia on fire, it turns out telcos held up alright

Or as well as they could once the power went out - yet report says reliance on electricity isn't a resilience issue

Back in January when Australia was on fire and the rest of the world wasn’t, locals in the burning zones were advised that the best source of information was emergency services apps. But they were unavailable because mobile networks had gone down.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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