basslink
Basslink goes into administration
Owing $70m to Tasmanian government over cable outage.
Nov 12 2021 1:08PM
Fourth subsea data cable for Tasmania edges closer
Feasibility explored for fourth connection to mainland.
Oct 16 2019 2:16PM
Tasmania sues Basslink for $122m over outage
Spat enters the courtroom.
Mar 27 2018 9:20AM
Cause of Basslink cable outage finally revealed
Exceeded its limit.
Dec 20 2017 12:19PM
Transmission fibre cut hits iiNet and Internode
Updated: Services restored.
Mar 20 2017 6:42AM
Six-month Basslink investigation comes up empty-handed
Unable to identify cause of fault.
Dec 5 2016 10:07AM
Basslink back in action after six-month outage
Full diagnosis of cable break yet to come.
Jun 14 2016 6:05AM
Basslink sets Tuesday return to service
Six-month cable headache almost over for Tasmanians.
Jun 10 2016 8:54AM
Basslink repairs damaged subsea cable
Services expected to be restored before end of month.
Jun 8 2016 9:37AM
Basslink defers cable service date again
Bad weather hampers repair efforts.
May 24 2016 10:05AM
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Slow, unusable internet pushes up TIO complaints
Coincides with Basslink woes.
May 2 2016 9:55AM
Basslink lays 1355m of new subsea cable
First stage of service restoration complete.
Apr 26 2016 2:32PM
Basslink pushes back cable service date again
Now advising mid-June return.
Mar 29 2016 10:37AM
The untold story of iiNet and Internode's Basslink internet woes
Anatomy of a cable cut.
Mar 23 2016 6:29AM
iiNet, Internode promise "all required capacity" over weekend
First Bass Strait upgrade delivers less than expected.
Mar 17 2016 9:21AM
TPG scrimps on bandwidth for Tassie home users
Too expensive to double up on transmission costs.
Mar 14 2016 3:29PM
Telstra, Basslink force action on Bass Strait prices
Bad timing for angry end users.
Mar 14 2016 1:50PM
Tas govt wrings TPG 'review' from internet slowdown
Minister intervenes to try to force ISPs to act.
Mar 12 2016 5:24PM
iiNet customer anger boiling over Basslink
Speeds fall back to dial-up levels in major “degradation”.
Mar 11 2016 11:03PM
Basslink locates interconnector cable fault
Cut and cap operation next.
Mar 8 2016 1:56PM
