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FOXTEL Outage Report

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Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating a duopoly in cable television, a monopoly in direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV catch-up services.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of FOXTEL reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

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Will FOXTEL compensate me for the outage?

The recent FOXTEL outages have enraged many of the company's customers. These nationwide outages have prevented many customers from accessing their services.

It is crucial to get in touch with FOXTEL if you are a client and have encountered an outage in order to report the problem and receive assistance. For updates on known outages in your area, visit their website. For the inconvenience, FOXTEL has occasionally given some customers credits and other forms of payment.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by FOXTEL users through our website.

  1. TV (59%)

    TV (59%)

  2. Total Blackout (18%)

    Total Blackout (18%)

  3. Internet (17%)

    Internet (17%)

  4. Wi-fi (4%)

    Wi-fi (4%)

  5. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent FOXTEL outage reports came from the following cities: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Scarness, Bundaberg, Canberra, Kalgoorlie, Tamborine Mountain and Warragul.

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FOXTEL Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • kelmcgill Kel McGill (@kelmcgill) reported

    @foxtel the VW ad on repeat because F1 channel is broken...that's not the German we came here to see! #DankeSeb

  • Nico_C26 Nico (@Nico_C26) reported

    I was happily watching F1 until my Foxtel stopped working! My internet is fine but I either get an error message, or it loops on this stupid Volkswagen ad. This is the last race of the season, fix it @Foxtel @FOXTEL_Help it’s simply not good enough!!

  • johnroly Roly (@johnroly) reported

    @foxtel Where's the update / outage notification? Had to resort to a mate from SA doing a FB video call to watch the end of FP3

  • JohnVilnis John Vilnis (@JohnVilnis) reported

    @FOXTEL_Help Help, IQ3 box here and I am getting F1077 error message when trying to watch any Foxtel channels. My internet connection is fine and I can watch the Free to air channels but Foxctel appears to be down. I have reset the box and tried re-synccing the account/box

  • JoelDFleming Joel David Fleming (@JoelDFleming) reported

    @PaulLenkic @saxon_josh @Foxtel The full WWE network is in Binge and Foxtel. All Foxtel customers get it. Same as Peacock deal in USA.

  • MitcheffectRyan Rando #66 (@MitcheffectRyan) reported

    Ffs I'd like to be able to watch the #F1 and #F2 tonight but apparently @Foxtel has decided to say "**** you" instead ... I don't pay to have it only for it to fail when there's something on I want to see

  • R_siide Ravi Naidu (@R_siide) reported

    @Foxtel @FOXTEL_Help having issues?

  • johnroly Roly (@johnroly) reported

    F1 issues on watch @Foxtel @FOXTEL_Help Multiple people reporting loss of stream / hangs on ads

  • fireball_jimmy1 Fireball Jimmy F1 (@fireball_jimmy1) reported

    Finally get a decent time to watch #f1 and @foxtel stops working... Again... It's the only bloody reason I have it and consistently it's ****

  • tratus8 tratus (@tratus8) reported

    @FOXTEL_Help wtf. in the middle of Formula 1 practise. and the end of an ad break we got stuck on a covid and Volkswagen ad please help. I really want to watch Formula 1 qualifying..... last one of the year....

  • kelmcgill Kel McGill (@kelmcgill) reported

    WTF @Foxtel right in the middle of F1 you crap out. The excitement of being able to watch at a great time, ruined by you 😭

  • jotepPdT JAY ☘️☘️☘️ (@jotepPdT) reported

    @Foxtel is there an outage? My IQ5 isn’t working and my internet is not down.

  • N8tey N8tey (@N8tey) reported

    @jotepPdT @Foxtel There definitely is. Not that they ever tell us. Check out the reports on down detector

  • yowlx Lizzie (@yowlx) reported

    @Foxtel stuck on same three ads for 20+ mins and then claims my internet is down. It’s fine. Foxtel is not. FTA channels do seem to be working on iq5.

  • TH79Games TommaHawk79 Games (@TH79Games) reported

    @Nico_C26 @Foxtel @FOXTEL_Help same here the goverment covid dd killed lol after the vw suv add rip #FoxtelDown #Foxtel #FAIL

  • illiteratemoony jaz (@illiteratemoony) reported

    my foxtel is not working so i couldn’t watch fp3.. and i swear to god if i miss f2 sprint im gonna cry

  • Penerbang_ Josh (@Penerbang_) reported

    Hey @FOXTEL_Help. I pay extra to use the Foxtel Go app alongside my tv subscription. Why am I getting countless errors when trying to use it on pc and mobile? Have tried phoning and got absolutely no help. Getting rather annoyed now

  • le16erc kayla 🏎️ (@le16erc) reported

    foxtel isn’t working i can’t watch fp3 🫠 maybe cause it was raining bad girl just let me watch

  • imchuck__bass Kaycie (@imchuck__bass) reported

    Good god, @FOXTEL_Help fix your ****!!! It better be resolved before the World Cup kicks off!

  • johnroly Roly (@johnroly) reported

    my IQ5 is broken too. sick of the looping VW and Covid ads @FOXTEL_Help

  • Nico_C26 Nico (@Nico_C26) reported

    @kelmcgill @Foxtel @FOXTEL_Help I swear to god it’s the most annoying thing 😡 What makes it worse is that I will NEVER in my life purchase a Volkswagen. At least a Maccas or beer add wouldn’t be as bad lol

  • ArbiAsadoorian Arbi Asadoorian (@ArbiAsadoorian) reported

    @Foxtel what the hell is going on with your stupid network now??? This is embarrassing, you guys still live in 1980s with your stupid technology, SHAME ON YOU, fix your ******* network issues you morons!

  • Payne_Matt Matt Payne (@Payne_Matt) reported

    Hopefully the @Foxtel outage fixes itself before the World Cups later tonight.....

  • fireball_jimmy1 Fireball Jimmy F1 (@fireball_jimmy1) reported

    @FOXTEL_Help why is Foxtel Go not working again. 9:30pm Nov 19 2022

  • le16erc kayla 🏎️ (@le16erc) reported

    @FOXTEL_Help help 🥹

  • 007paulchristie Paul Christie (@007paulchristie) reported

    @Foxtel is Foxtel down in Baulkham hills now , no channels are working through the iq5.

  • Jimmy0773 Jimmy (@Jimmy0773) reported

    @foxtel IQ5 down, the website plays video for like 5 seconds then freezes

  • michaelq Michael Quinn (@michaelq) reported

    @Penerbang_ @FOXTEL_Help No you don’t. Foxtel Go is included with Foxtel. Obviously they are having issues.

  • michaelq Michael Quinn (@michaelq) reported

    Looks like Foxtel are having some issues. Oh well. Let’s give them a break people. Hopefully its fixed soon. @foxtel #f1 #AbuDhabiGP #SkyF1

  • R_siide Ravi Naidu (@R_siide) reported

    @FOXTEL_Help @Foxtel please fix the issue you have currently