{"id":3516,"date":"2018-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/breaking-telstra-network-issue-stopping-emergency-calls-going-through\/"},"modified":"2018-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"breaking-telstra-network-issue-stopping-emergency-calls-going-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/breaking-telstra-network-issue-stopping-emergency-calls-going-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Telstra network issue is stopping emergency calls from going through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems as though a Telstra network issue is stopping people across Australia from being able to ring emergency number 000. The problem is affecting calls to police, fire and medical emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales Police have advised people to call the Police Assistance Line on 131 444 if they are unable to get through to Triple Zero.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There have been intermittent problems with Triple Zero (000) this morning &#8211; if you require emergency assistance call Triple Zero FIRST, if this doesn&#39;t get thru, try the Police Assistance Line on 131 444, and calls will be diverted.<\/p>&mdash; NSW Police (@nswpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nswpolice\/status\/992127708862676992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n\n<p>NSW Police told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/telstra-network-problem-stops-triple-zero-calls-from-going-through\/news-story\/7a5dbbd84fb0fc55aa2b26e4c2e6f7a7\"><em>News.Com.Au<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNSW Police have been made aware of an intermittent Telstra Network issue affecting the receipt of Triple Zero phone calls.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf requiring assistance from any of the emergency services, members of the public are urged to contact Triple Zero in the first instance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf unable to get through on Triple Zero, callers requiring any of the emergency services should call Police Assistance Line on 131 444.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf unable to get through on triple-0, callers requiring any of the emergency services should call Police Assistance Line on 131 444.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Telstra has revealed in a statement early on Friday morning that a cable in Orange and Bowral in NSW was cut by &#8220;<em>an unknown party<\/em>&#8221; causing the interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need help and can&#8217;t get through to 000, call the Police Assistance Line on 131 444.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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