Melbourne quake gets phones ringing

Victorians hit their phones when the Melbourne earthquake struck last night.

Telstra has released traffic data showing a fourfold increase in call numbers and a doubling of SMS messages.

Telstra’s director of network and commercial planning, Anthony Goonan said: “Our biggest spike in call numbers was noticed immediately at the time of the earthquake, at 9.00pm, and demand gradually returned to normal levels at around 10.20pm. The call traffic at its busiest was equivalent to our peak call volumes in the day.”

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.

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Comments: 1

Steven Pam 20 Jun 12

LOL! Just goes to show there are still plenty of people without Twitter or Facebook 🙂

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