ABC news Australia reports that software is believed to have caused widespread phone problems Telstra says it believes a software problem is responsible for problems in accessing the South Australian phone network today.

Link to story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/sa/metsa-11jan2000-22.htm

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 10, 2000

Answers

The same thing happened to me last week. No matter who I called, I got an engaged signal and if I tried to call my own phone from my mobile, it sounded like it was ringing on the phone but the phone never actually rang.

I called to report the problem and was told that all of Queensland was out (I live in NSW, but near the QLD border) and that it was a computer problem - that the system had "fallen over". Never heard that term before - if anyone knows what it's about, please let me know.

Anyway, it lasted for several hours but it was never reported in the media.

-- Meryl Dorey (meryl@avn.org.au.nospam), January 10, 2000.

Sounds somewhat similiar to the GICC "Ft. Meyers Phone Down Since Last Night" posting

-- Jeanette Thomas (ou_2000@berkshire.net), January 11, 2000.