TELSTRA DOWN: Australia reacts to losing its internet
TELSTRA'S mobile networks across Australia, for about 800,000 services, went down at lunchtime on Tuesday.
People all over the country were suddenly forced into an existential crisis as their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, memes and cat pictures were all taken away.
In true internet style though, for those using actual computers that weren't affected by the Great Telstra Outage of 2016, there was comedy.
Here are some of the best reactions to Telstra's network problems:
Adele is every @Telstra customer rn. #TelstraDown pic.twitter.com/4Pjp26ZhOB
— BuzzFeed Australia (@BuzzFeedOz) February 9, 2016
@BastianSimrajh Good thinking! -Angela
— Telstra (@Telstra) February 9, 2016
Hey @telstra
— Comrade craigjack36 (@craigjack36) February 9, 2016
Found your problem #telstra #auspol #qt pic.twitter.com/RNDyFHzZEL
Oh, I thought I must've forgot to pay my bill or something but apparently the whole Telstra mobile network is down.
— Shannon Molloy (@sleemol) February 9, 2016
Maybe give this a try @Telstra! pic.twitter.com/eZ9QZXgiKM
— Tully Smith (@TullySmith) February 9, 2016
Has @telstra opened a hotline yet for panicking smartphone addicts? https://t.co/ikCYp0TxLq pic.twitter.com/LIXhanbUHL
— Emma Reynolds (@emmareyn) February 9, 2016