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'''SMALL OUTAGE'''
''' XMAS BREAK 2025 '''
24/12/2025


Our office will be closed for the Christmas/New Year break, from 24/12/2025 until 4/1/2026.
Expect a small half hour outage for some hosting customers 10:00pm 26/8/2008 as some equipment is relocated from the Riverside data centre.
Hope you have a lovely festive season.




''' TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED '''
'''POWER OUTAGE AT AAPT BRISBANE EXCHANGE
4/03/2025


Tropical cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Brisbane in 2 days time, apparently this is the first cyclone to do so since 1956.
About 9am Thur 6nd. Dec. 2007 a UPS failure cut a fibre toptic link to the Riverside Center in Eagle Street housing the AAPT telephone exchange and the 3rd Party room for for most major ISP's in the Brisbane CBD where they house equipment for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering peering] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Transit_%28Internet%29 IP Transit]. This caused access to the Domain Name and Email Servers at 344 Queen street to be un-contactable for approx 55min. until power was restored.
Expect Internet and power outages to increase. Take care.



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'''VIRUS UPDATES'''

There are tens of thousands of nasty computer viruses out there now a days, mostly on Microsoft Windows which is by far the most common system people have, and it is always good to keep your virus software up to date on a daily basis. Here are a few links to Anti-virus software vendors to keep you abreast of the latest virus definitions.

* [http://www.symantec.com - Norton Anti-Virus Software]
* [http://www.vet.com.au - Vet Anti-Virus Software]
* [http://www.sophos.com - Sophos Anti-Virus Software]
* [http://www.mcafee.com - McAfee Anti-Virus Software]
* [http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 - AVG Anti-Virus Software Free for Windows]

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Latest revision as of 00:59, 29 December 2025

XMAS BREAK 2025 24/12/2025

Our office will be closed for the Christmas/New Year break, from 24/12/2025 until 4/1/2026. Hope you have a lovely festive season.


TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED 4/03/2025

Tropical cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Brisbane in 2 days time, apparently this is the first cyclone to do so since 1956. Expect Internet and power outages to increase. Take care.