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Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

…And the governments Knee-jerk legislation was due to the Telcos not investing enough in redundancy.

When a little bit of a wind can bring down the mobile network, maybe it is time to build more cell towers and make sure they have a stable battery backup.

I had a family member recently purchase an imported Lawn Mower and its Wireless features bought down his local cell network.

IANA Telecommunications Engineer, but making critical Infrastructure secure and redundant should be a high priority.

The Mirboo North outage and the mower issue only effected one of the 3 mobile network providers; starting with O and ending in S.

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