Latest Optus Outage Triggers Welfare Checks from Police
Optus has apologised after its second network outage, which left police conducting welfare checks when dozens of emergency calls failed to connect.
TL;DR
- Optus experienced a network outage lasting 1 hour and 16 minutes on September 11.
- The outage affected customers in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.
- Dozens of calls to emergency services (triple zero) failed to connect during the outage.
- Victoria Police conducted approximately 40 welfare checks due to the failed emergency calls.
- No adverse outcomes were reported from the welfare checks.