[LINK] Telstra to do SMS message

[Tom Koltai]

So as we discussed last month - SMS does not appear to work.
The reason that non Telstra takes so long is that in 1997, Ziggy allowed
Telstra to fix the interconnect exchange ports at each exchange at 2 MBs
(1 x E1) - Phil Jacobs (ex Bell South) attempted to intercede, but was
outvoted by level 29 Miller St.

This bottleneck is now made obvious when a statewide alert is made via
SMS.

It is obvious from the timing that Telstra has the clearest delivery
bandwidth with secondary carriers suffering the interconnect congestion.

This means that either the interconnect ports need to be all upgraded to
OC-48 immediately, or the Government rely on another alternative to get
the message out.

Or Alternatively - Telstra give everyone a free Telstra phone for timely
emergency updates. After all - they received the commercial advantage
from the anti-competitive commercial manuevourings in 1996-97.

When Telco behaviour results in lives being in danger, it is time to do
something.

Tom




> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Chirgwin
> Sent: Monday, 2 March 2009 6:36 PM
> To: Link
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Telstra to do SMS message
> 
> 
> And further, one journalist just received the SMS via Vodafone.
> 
> RC
> 
> Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> > I asked a bunch of journalists on another list when they 
> received the 
> > SMS. A summary:
> >
> > First - approx 2.11pm (Telstra)
> > Last - About 3.30pm (Optus)
> >
> > Telstra had a very wide spread, from 2.11 to 3.15. So did 
> Optus - from 
> > 2.28 to 4.07.
> >
> > Nobody from 3 or Voda reported receiving, but this probably 
> reflects 
> > the carrier choices rather than the networks.
> >
> > However; it's a good thing this wasn't an evacuation alert, 
> with both 
> > carriers running more than an hour spread between users!
> >
> > RC
> >
> > Jan Whitaker wrote:
> >   
> >> 
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/telstra-to-send-fire-warning-sms-20
> >> 090302-8lxv.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Telstra to send fire warning SMS
> >>
> >>     * Reko Rennie
> >>     * March 2, 2009 - 12:54PM
> >>
> >> In a Victorian first, Telstra will send an emergency 
> information text
> >> message to more than two million Victorians this 
> afternoon, warning 
> >> about tonight's extreme weather and fire conditions.
> >>
> >> Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana said 
> Telstra and
> >> other networks would send the information by SMS later today.
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >>
> >> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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