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Suspected copper thieves cut cable causing Telstra outage in Mount Isa

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The company says technicians are working to bring mobile and enterprise services back online after a fibre-optic cable was severed.

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Suspected copper thieves cut cable causing Telstra outage in Mount Isa

The company says technicians are working to bring mobile and enterprise services back online after a fibre-optic cable was severed.

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Telstra Network Outages in Mount Isa After Copper Cable Theft

This week, Telstra's fiber optic and 3G mobile network outages occurred in the remote Australian town of Mount Isa, as well as in Soldiers Hill and Aramac in Southern Queensland. Areas affected included Cloncurry and Julia Creek. Telstra has confirmed the outages were caused by fiber optic cable theft, which damaged the fiber optic network. Rachel Cliffe, Telstra's regional general manager for the area, stated that a technical team has been disp…

·Melbourne, Australia
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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
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