⚠️ Confirmed: The island state of #Tasmania in #Australia has fallen largely offline, with internet, phone lines and TV services down after an incident affecting fibre cables to the mainland; real-time network data show connectivity at 30% of ordinary levels; incident ongoing 📉

ℹ️ Update: #Tasmania has come back online after a technical incident knocked out most internet and telephony service, disconnecting the island state from mainland #Australia and the rest of the world; incident duration ~7 hours

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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show Optus mobile services are down across much of #Australia, leaving millions of customers unable to make calls or access internet since early morning; authorities said to be investigating possible cyberattack as trains and infrastructure disrupted 📵📉

⚠️ Update: Real-time network data show connectivity on #Australia's Optus network is now flatlining at 17% of ordinary levels amid an ongoing nation-scale outage; incident is heavily impacting payment systems with transport sector and carriers relying on Optus also affected 📵

ℹ️ Update: Live metrics show #Australia's Optus NBN fixed-line internet services are being partially restored in the 8th hour of a nation-scale outage; the company's mobile network remains down, leaving millions without calls and data; Optus says incident root cause still unknown 🕚

ℹ️ Update: Metrics show that internet connectivity has been largely restored on Optus, #Australia's 2nd-largest operator, after a nation-scale outage; CEO Rosmarin has disclosed only that there is a "very technical explanation for what happened"; core incident duration ~12 hrs 📈

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Darwin, #Australia amid Category 3 Cyclone Fina's passage; the losses in service are attributed to power cuts due to heavy winds and flooding 🌀