[LINK] Telstra apologises over Birdsville's Easter mobile and internet blackout and tourism disruption

[David Boxall]

I'm still waiting for some demonstration of the putative superiority of 
the private sector.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/telstra-apologises-over-birdsvilles-easter-blackout/7284374>
> Telstra has apologised to customers in the remote Queensland town of 
> Birdsville after a mobile and internet blackout that stretched across 
> the entire Easter long weekend.
>
> The outage coincided with the traditional start of the state's outback 
> tourist season.
> ...
> Ms Scott said she was told by two different Telstra staff that it had 
> been a planned outage.
> ...
> However Telstra said in a statement the disruption had been caused by 
> an issue with a satellite link.
Left hand, meet right hand.

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