This is mainly for the Western Sydneysiders:

So some bid idiots went out and cut Telephone lines from Toongabbie to Penrith on Saturday morning, screwing up phone lines for tens of thousands of people.

The idiots also took out the Rooty Hill Fibre Optic Cables, so about 30,000 people have no internet either. Me included.

Plenty of rumours flying around about it being a crime gang scheme, since such a large area was hit. Most of the rumours go on to mention Credit Card fraud due to credit cards not being declined or something.

Anyone else hear anything about this, or even get hit by it?
We got our phone back on Sunday afternoon, but as yet no idea when the net will be back up and running.

It's bloody annoying having no phone, and I never realised how much I miss the net to check up on Footy scores, and Transformery goodness.