Telstra Mobile Australia-Main frame computers are not synchronized=problems for customers?

>>>> Telstra Marketing Australia forces the "mainframes computer &
>>>> software engineers" to do enormous of impossible and useless
>>>> programming on their mainframes databases because their "so callled
>>>> deals" changes every 5 seconds.
>>>
>>> The system is designed to handle all the offers out there
>>
>> Marketing have managed to break it on occasions...........
>>
> Like the "call a friend for free" offers where they force you to dial the
> full area code, even if local?

Thats postpaid - we are talking prepaid

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"Michael J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> If all the Telstra Mobile computer mainframes, databases are perfectly
>>>> synchronized it takes only a few seconds to transfer my prepay refill
>>>> to a prepay account.
>>>
>>> Your prepaid balance is NOT stored on a mainframe.
>>
>> Yeah it is, but that's not what determines whether or not he can make
>> calls.
>
> Aethos and Apollo aren't mainframes
>

MICA also keeps track of prepaid credits and is on a mainframe. Or, more
correctly, it runs on one LPAR of a mainframe.

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"Kwyjibo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Michael J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>> If all the Telstra Mobile computer mainframes, databases are perfectly
>>>>> synchronized it takes only a few seconds to transfer my prepay refill
>>>>> to a prepay account.
>>>>
>>>> Your prepaid balance is NOT stored on a mainframe.
>>>
>>> Yeah it is, but that's not what determines whether or not he can make
>>> calls.
>>
>> Aethos and Apollo aren't mainframes
>>
>
> MICA also keeps track of prepaid credits and is on a mainframe.

Wake up, TopUp died years ago!!!!!

>Or, more correctly, it runs on one LPAR of a mainframe.

Soon to be on a nice new box. That will speed it up, its been running like a
dog for a while now
>
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> Kwyj.
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>>>> Aethos and Apollo aren't mainframes
>>>>
>>> MICA also keeps track of prepaid credits and is on a mainframe.
>>
>> Wake up, TopUp died years ago!!!!!
>>
> They are still stored in Mica.

But there are no customers on TopUp for over 2 years, because its dead.

>>>Or, more correctly, it runs on one LPAR of a mainframe.
>>
>> Soon to be on a nice new box. That will speed it up, its been running
>> like a dog for a while now
>
> It's always been touch and go - especially when it came to running batch
> jobs. Poor bastard of a system is doing a tonne of work nearly every
> night.

It's pretty much >90% CPU utilisation most of the day now
>
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> Kwyj.
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"Michael J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Kwyjibo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Michael J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> If all the Telstra Mobile computer mainframes, databases are
>>>>>> perfectly
>>>>>> synchronized it takes only a few seconds to transfer my prepay refill
>>>>>> to a prepay account.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your prepaid balance is NOT stored on a mainframe.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah it is, but that's not what determines whether or not he can make
>>>> calls.
>>>
>>> Aethos and Apollo aren't mainframes
>>>
>>
>> MICA also keeps track of prepaid credits and is on a mainframe.
>
> Wake up, TopUp died years ago!!!!!
>

They are still stored in Mica.

>>Or, more correctly, it runs on one LPAR of a mainframe.
>
> Soon to be on a nice new box. That will speed it up, its been running like
> a dog for a while now

It's always been touch and go - especially when it came to running batch
jobs. Poor bastard of a system is doing a tonne of work nearly every night.

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Kwyj.