Australia's second-largest mobile telecommunications provider, Optus, is currently experiencing a nation-wide service outage, with mobile phone and internet access unavailable for all customers, causing major disruption to business, finance, public transportation, and other important services

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-08/optus-outage-live-blog/103076996

Live: Optus has not identified cause of major outage, 'will not rest' until services back online

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says the company has not identifed the root cause of the outage affecting millions of Australians, while there is "no indication" it has been caused by a cyber attack. Follow live.

Will it end today?

Resolves YES if before midnight, Australian Western Standard Time, service is restored. It's OK if it's not perfect, but it should no longer the the case that any major service Optus provices is no longer functional for most customers.

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