Author: John Parkin. Telstra will deploy Cells on Wheels (portable mobile towers) to Rocklea, Hill End and Fairfield Gardens to improve mobile coverage in these areas.
Telstra’s priority for restoration today focuses on residential faults, restoring flood affected mobile base stations and damaged roadside cabinets.
Filed under: music, sponsorship, Telstra Road to Tamworth
Author: Linda McGregor.
I hit the hot tarmac at Tamworth airport at 5pm last night and right away you know you are in the country – no air-bridges and a stroll from the plane to a terminal that still employs a gardener to greet you with herbaceous borders of trimmed hedges and lush floral foliage. That and a taxi driver who looked at me as if I was a brick short of a load when I asked if he needed to check my Google map to my motel.
Filed under: assistance, disaster, floods, package, Queensland, small business, storms, support
Author: John Parkin. From today Telstra Stores in flood-affected areas in Queensland will have additional mobile and fixed phone stock for customers who need to replace their mobile or fixed home phone handset.
Filed under: GPS, iphone, iTunes, navigation, Next G™, Sensis, WhereIS, Yellow Pages
Author: Mario Davoli.
Navigation apps have topped the iTunes app store for some time now. And there’s no denying they’re a very handy way to get from ‘A ‘and ‘B’ quickly.
Filed under: Motorola DEFY, Next G™, Oprah’s Ultimate Australia Adventure, Telstra Country Wide
Author: Kristen Boschma.
When “Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure” came to town last month, Telstra was there to lend a helping hand. Our job was to provide access to the Telstra Next G network, ensure the “Oprah” show audience members got the most out their Motorola Defy handsets and do everything possible to make sure the crew associated with the trip could stay connected.
Author: Bill Mundy.
Flood levels continue to rise in the Horsham area with the river expected to peak in the next few hours .
We have been told it is forecast around 100 homes will be flooded. We have been in contact through the day with the Horsham Incident Control Centre and the latest flood level forecast maps still show our exchange should be OK. Our local staff are working closely with the SES and watching it all this evening.
Filed under: consumer, emergency services, floods, technology
In the last 24 hours we have seen further restoration of landline, broadband and Foxtel services in and around Brisbane, with more power being turned on and more of the network being repaired. We have also had further restoration of mobile towers, which is improving coverage in and around Brisbane.
Filed under: Dr. Happy, floods, happiness, resilience, support
Author: Dr. Sharp (Dr. Happy)
Life is not always smooth sailing and even the luckiest and best of us face hardships at times. At the moment there are thousands of individuals and families and business severely affected by the worst floods this country has seen in decades (or ever). At The Happiness Institute we strongly believe everyone can experience more happiness but we’re also realistic enough to know that no one will be 100% happy 100% of the time.
Filed under: 2011, New Years, resolutions, Sydney, Weight
Author: Seigfred Dequito.
As suggested by a local, we were there at 2PM among the throng of tourists waiting for the magic to happen… at 12AM. Ten hours of waiting are you kidding me? Actually, they’re not, because it was worth the wait.
Filed under: consumer, emergency, emergency services, floods, natural disaster, Queensland, technology
Author: John Parkin. Telstra restoration works are progressing well. We continue to repower, repair and restore network sites wherever possible so that more customers can be connected. Power, access to our sites, and damage by flood waters to our infrastructure continues to be the biggest challenge in repairing our network.
