Chorus outage Jan 2021

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dauckland

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#281082 28-Jan-2021 15:07

Hi there

Wondering if anyone else is affected by the large Chorus outage affecting west Auckland.
My fibre has been down since just after 3PM yesterday (Wednesday).
No sign of service anytime soon.
Also getting conflicting details as to the nature of the outage.
Wondering if anyone has any details.

Thanks

RunningMan

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#2643617 28-Jan-2021 15:11

Have you gone straight to the source? https://www.chorus.co.nz/outages

aseni

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#2643620 28-Jan-2021 15:17

We got a letter from Vector advising of road works on Hobsonville Road (can't remember the dates)... I wonder if they hit a fibre before even beginning... 😬

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#2643623 28-Jan-2021 15:22

RunningMan:
Have you gone straight to the source? https://www.chorus.co.nz/outages

Yes I have
But it has zero details as to what the reason is and ETA

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#2643624 28-Jan-2021 15:24

aseni:
We got a letter from Vector advising of road works on Hobsonville Road (can't remember the dates)... I wonder if they hit a fibre before even beginning... 😬

So far this is the third theory.
I am adding it to:
- City Rail work / cable damage
- rodent damage

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#2643627 28-Jan-2021 15:32

OK
This just popped up: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124077198/west-auckland-internet-outage-likely-caused-by-rodent-chewing-through-cable

Looks like some very hungry mice on fibre diet.

snnet

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#2645481 1-Feb-2021 18:16

"“Most likely by a rodent, based on similar damage we have seen elsewhere,” Pettigrew said."

Amused me greatly - if you have read the Harry Potter books or seen the movies, Peter Pettigrew transformed into the rat Scabbers to go into hiding for years

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#2645504 1-Feb-2021 19:24

You would think when this problem keeps repeating itself, someone would have figured out how to engineer a repulsive to rats flavoured cable, maybe with a touch of poison.