The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch at 12.51pm on Tuesday February 22 caused widespread disruption to telecommunication networks. Telecom sent its first update at 1.20pm last Tuesday — most of which have been posted directly onto the Computerworld site. The earthquake meant that cellsites and telephone cabinets were seriously damaged, and massive. Calls to the emergency 111 contact centre — which is located in Christchurch – were diverted to Telecom’s contact centre in Wellington by 3.20 pm on Tuesday. Telecom customers were told to keep trying the service if they were having trouble.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127226/telco-networks-under-pressure-following-earthquake.html