On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:21:29 GMT, Michael J wrote:

> "Anthony Horan" <anthonyhoran@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d3zjra356vw9.1n5kfdsl5b5ug.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:25:06 GMT, James Bell wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:51:38 +1000, Anthony Horan wrote:
>>>
>>>> By the way, ALL text messages sent to Optus phones during that
>>>> 9-hour-plus
>>>> period are lost.
>>>
>>> What do you expect from Optusarse?
>>
>> Nice try. But the reason I'm with Optus these days is because of what
>> happened years ago when I was stupid enough to be with Telstra Mobilenet.
>> Yep, you guessed it - complete system crash, hours-long outage, and all
>> text messages lost.
>
> Rubbish about the text messages lost.

What? Surely you're joking.

Even Optus themselves admitted publicly that ALL text messages sent to
phones affected by the outage are LOST.

Get a clue and get back to us.

> "Hours-long" outage? Is this where we are meant to swoon?

Yes. It's completely unacceptable from a modern communications carrier.
That's why so many people were pissed off.

>> Yawn. Welcome to the global economy, nice of you to join us. And do have a
>> look at who Telstra's major shareholders are, won't you? Do you seriously
>> think the majority of Telstra shares are held by the mythical "Aussie
>> battlers"?
>
> The vast, vast majority are held by Australians, you dick

Not in number, but in monetary value. Mum-and-dad play-investors don't
count. Dick.