Telecom problem stops Kiwis loading international sites and services

"Even with this outage, cloud computing usually will have more availability than on premise solutions nevertheless glitches like this by nature rock confidence."

Glad it wasn't just us!! - we were going crazy - it started more like 2:30pm and we couldn't bring up any site :( - Telecoms number was engaged - Glad to hear it's been fixed!!

What happens when you are a cheap arse

Well thats what happens when you are a cheap arse and hist business critical applications overseas just to save a buck, instead of supporting Kiwi businesses.

Rod Drury has been warned many times about the potential risk of hosting overseas. He should look at trying to help grow a stronger NZ Internet by hosting locally to put it more exactly than complaining when utterly predictable problems arise.

Rod Drury is a *#@*, no surprise there. As well if you're business is so important you buy a redundant connection from another provider, one which dons;t buy BW off Telecom as well

Matter of Xero going down

[It wasn't a matter of Xero going down; nevertheless a fault with Telecom Broadband. Users on other providers could all in all access Xero - Editor]

May have been a ddos on Telecom's network - has been occuring often in NZ with suspected origins in China. Entire countries have been taken down by ddos attacks.

The record Xero does not host overseas to save money

For the record Xero does not host overseas to save money, we do it because our business is global. We spend significantly locally for hosting of many of our systems.

Maybe we should legislate that non one can work on Sunday's. Better but, let's just shut down this whole Internet thing. We can live off out cows and sheep!