# Telstra ignored warnings about equipment issue ahead of national outage,

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**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/telstra-ignored-warnings-about-equipment-issue-ahead-of-national-outage/437 "2026-07-17T12:57:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/telstra-ignored-warnings-about-equipment-issue-ahead-of-national-outage/437/1 "2026-07-17T12:57:56Z")

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United States-based supplier Microchip Technology warned the telco multiple times that a Network Time Protocol server required a software update to prevent a “rollover problem”…

> **[Telstra ignored warnings about equipment issue ahead of national outage,...](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/telstra-ignored-repeated-warnings-to-fix-equipment-issue-ahead-of-national-outage/ul602uf1r)**
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> A US-based supplier repeatedly warned Telstra that specific server equipment needed updating.