[LINK] Shades of OneTel

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/thousands-of-people-have-phone-and-internet-cut-20140503-zr3wv.html

Thousands of people have phone and internet cut
Date  May 3, 2014 - 4:21PM
Craig Butt

Thousands of Victorians have had their phone and internet connections 
disconnected after several telecommunications companies went into 
administration on Friday.

It is estimated that as many as 10,000 people have had their access 
to phone and Internet disconnected.

Businesses and residents on Phillip Island, who who were connected 
via iBoss International, are among those affected.

Waterfront Computers, a service provider based on the island, 
reported that about 500 internet and 300 phone of its customers had 
been disconnected.

"We're in disaster mode here," owner Steve Murphy said. 
"Unfortunately these things take time to fix. It's been affecting our 
business massively."

He said the services were disconnected without warning at 3.30pm on 
Friday and he was trying to transfer those affected to another 
carrier, which would likely take a few days.

"We're in a really bad situation here. It has nothing to do with us. 
We pay our bills but we are being held to ransom because of the 
carrier and it is not right."

Tim Swallow, director of a Phillip Island resort, said many 
businesses on the island were affected, as well as scores of retirees.

"We don't know if anybody has booked with us since yesterday 
afternoon, whether anybody is coming in today and whether we should 
get rooms ready," he said.

In a statement Telstra said three telecommunications companies had 
gone into administration: AsiaPac Communications, iBoss International 
and OneTelecom. "We do not have any contracts in place for the supply 
of Telstra Wholesale services with any these three entities," the 
statement said.

Know more? Email craig.butt at fairfaxmedia.com.au.



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