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A cheap 25-year-old piece of hardware broke Telstra. It’s a wake-up call for other businesses
The Conversation Africa·July 20, 2026
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Telstra experienced a major outage caused by failure of outdated, inexpensive hardware that had been in use for 25 years, highlighting the risks of inadequate infrastructure maintenance. The incident serves as a cautionary example for other businesses that may be similarly neglecting critical legacy equipment in their systems.
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