NORTH Queensland businesses have been thrown into chaos by a Telstra outage which has affected telephones, internet and EFTPOS transactions.
A Telstra spokeswoman said the outage, which originated in Townsville, hit Cairns just before midday, and caused problems until about 3.30pm.
It's understood it has affected residents and businesses as far north as Cooktown.
The exact nature of the outage was yet to be determined, but internet experts have described its size as "unprecedented".
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Ken Ahrens from Brodan Mine Management said his business had been left in limbo for the second time in a week.
“The phones and internet went down for two days last week,” Mr Ahrens said.
“We had to close the shop because the phones wouldn’t work.”
Full story in The Cairns Post tomorrow.
