NBN outages and service status in Smithton, Tasmania

Problems in the last 24 hours in Smithton, Tasmania

The chart below shows the number of NBN reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smithton, Tasmania and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

NBN Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

• 
  Paolo M (@PaoloMalicse) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Optus @optus_help 3rd day no NBN internet, so why do I pay $100 a month for no service? Superloop and Starlink looking very appealing right now. Maybe time for me to switch?

• 
  loksta!🗣 ❤️. . (@locky82903378) reported 8 minutes ago

  @ScreamyB0I @TheIshikawaRin Totally ridiculous to think they all be taking phones that don’t work no signal cell towers in space , no nbn internet cable for a router to plug into , no wi fi on board , the weight of the phones chargers cables etc x 4 is stoopid when every gram counts . Total sci fi nonsense

• 
  The Lord (@lord_tizza) reported 11 minutes ago

  And Telstra support said it was a fault, after a hour and a half of trouble shooting. I checked NBN and looks like a service outage in our area - checked a couple of addresses in our road. How long do these usually take to resolve? I was looking forward to a good long weekend :(

• 
  TrueBlueAmerican @Betamalefinder 3606------------- (@ConroyJohn36064) reported 16 minutes ago

  @MalleusIg tribal ****. nbn

• 
  nbn® Australia (@NBN_Australia) reported 17 minutes ago

  @use_insert Hi there, during an unplanned outage on the nbn network we keep your service provider up to date on all available updates like estimated restoration times and details of what's being done to fix the outage itself. As soon as we have any updates, we'll let your RSP know. 1/2

• 
  Berry Straw 🍓 (@ddnnddc) reported 18 minutes ago

  ACMA is NOT currently running a spectrum auction for LEO satellite broadband. In December 2025, ACMA decided against auctioning a large amount of expiring spectrum. Instead, they chose to renew the licenses held by mobile operators and NBN. Their reasoning was that auctions could disrupt existing services and slow down new technologies like low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Amazon's Project Kuiper is coming to Australia in mid-2026 through a major partnership with NBN Co. This will give Starlink its first real competition in the country, especially in regional and remote areas. This is generally good news for consumers because more competition usually means better prices and redundancy.

• 
  Rob Khouri (@Robkhouri) reported 23 minutes ago

  @SimonBanksHB Original cost of NBN $4b. Original cost of NDIS $13b. Who's the joke? Original cost of net zero? Who ******* knows, they never told us! ********!

• 
  ****** (@Yarrahbunjyil) reported 24 minutes ago

  @AlboMP And if Telstra were repairing lines in the bush instead of letting them rot while they "roll-out the NBN", I might even take advantage of it. But they're not, so the Service Agreement isn't being honoured, the TIO won't do anything, & no one gives a damn. So thanks for nothing!

• 
  There’s Only One Jezza (@StandMeOver) reported 25 minutes ago

  @herecomessuper And don’t forget the useless **** is the one who gave us NBN. That basically created another government run Telstra. For a technology that was never required.

• 
  D_Shaw84 (@Shawzus84) reported 26 minutes ago

  @DrunkAt12 @OMGTheMess LOL nbn was required. Dont ******* mention starlink, the latency is far higher and hardwired fiber network is far more reliable.