NBN outages and service status in Penguin, Tasmania

Problems in the last 24 hours in Penguin, Tasmania

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

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NBN Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  JAY ☘️☘️☘️ (@jotepPdT) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Telstra will Telstra or NBN compensate us for the trouble? your mobile network back up is not working. i have a work to do and can’t do anything because of my internet.

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  Millin Bear+FSD helping you profit from AI (@MillinBear) reported 5 minutes ago

  I am too lazy to proof read and edit the below from grok, we had a chat in the car and below is the direct output for a post from grok, 85% my intent but could use some polish… (it gave me 3x image prompts, images from grok attached are also not proofed.) - enjoy: Why Starlink Roam Falls Flat in Australia (And How to Fix It) Honest opinion: Starlink Roam is brilliant on paper—$80 a month for 100GB priority data, perfect for caravans, motorhomes, or pros working on the go in the outback. But in reality? It’s poop for mobile use. Australia’s endless trees, dense bushland, and tunnels (think Bruce Highway or any regional drive) block the line-of-sight to satellites constantly. You’re crawling along at zero bars half the time, burning data elsewhere or offline entirely. Great for static campsites, useless in motion. The glaring hardware oversight: No LTE/cellular failover. Starlink Mini (or next-gen) should’ve shipped with an eSIM slot for Australian carriers like Telstra or Optus. When sats fail, auto-switch to 4G/5G local network as a hotspot—seamless, like your phone. Caveat: ACMA spectrum rules (IMT bands for terrestrial mobile) might need carrier partnerships, but it’s doable—Telstra/Optus already partner with Starlink for direct-to-device sat-to-phone using those bands. NBN fixed-wireless modems do exactly this: SIM failover when fibre/cable drops, approved under existing regs. If it’s green for NBN, it should be for Starlink Roam. Pricing fix for AU market: Base $19 add-on for up to 10% cellular failover (10GB on the $80 plan), covering Starlink’s wholesale data costs. Double to $38 for 100% cellular option if you’re in eternal tree hell. Keeps it affordable, competitive with eSIM hotspots, and actually usable. Starlink, take notes—Gen3 Mini or beyond, make it hybrid. Aussie travellers deserve better. What do you reckon? Roll it out! [Image 1: Insert here after intro] Grok prompt: Photorealistic image of a Tesla Model Y parked under dense Australian eucalyptus trees in outback Queensland, with a Starlink Mini dish on the roof struggling for signal—show obstructed sky view, frustrated driver checking phone, red dust road nearby.

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  Julian (@captainjujubean) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Borindas_Lament @pikey14 Like the NDIS or the NBN or Snowy were "costed"? They seem to be the only party talking about actually reducing spending, fraud and waste. Like all parties they will over promise and under deliver but at least they are raising these things as actual issues

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  Benjamin Bavea (@BBavea) reported 14 minutes ago

  @KendallJenner Optus struggles to cover here too. It isn't as bad as Vodafone, but it doesn't seem to have any better signal than Telstra & they're like double the price. It's in the small hours of the morning when signal drops. One NBN fibre connection between 150 struggles.

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  jethro4445 🦉 (@cornhuskerj) reported 14 minutes ago

  So last week @Telstra rang out of the blue to ask if I had requested to change my nbn to another provider as they had received an order to transfer my service. I said no and the agent said okay he’d cancel the transfer order Then on Friday I received a message

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  Blake Harris (@Blakestar27) reported 16 minutes ago

  @NBN_Australia idk if this is an NBN issue or my ISP issue but since about Tuesday my internet witch has FTTP all of the sudden became slow and I can’t even look up anything sometimes and my internet hasn’t been like that since I got FTTP.

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  JAY ☘️☘️☘️ (@jotepPdT) reported 18 minutes ago

  @status_is_down @VodafoneAU mobile network is always very weak along Parish Street and Harvest Street in Elara Marsden Park. Now NBN is also down in MP, and Vodafone is very unreliable.

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  Nick (@Explosive_Nicka) reported 18 minutes ago

  @ThomTommyTomtom @pcet2022 @Leo_Puglisi6 Clearly you've never studied economics. If you're citing NDIS, NBN, and AusPost as successes, you don't know what success is. The duopoly and the Grns are complicit in the big govt bloat, big govt is the antithesis of creativity and productivity; pillars of successful societies

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  Cass Chronicles 🇦🇺 🍊🚀 💎🙌 (@CassChronicle76) reported 21 minutes ago

  @BritishHodl @dansemperepico Not in UAE, but Australian NBN sucks in Sydney, so changing to Starlink as there’s a free hardware offer and it’s now cheaper than NBN. I also like that Starlink is funding getting to Mars. 🚀

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  Miles (@Michael1953_202) reported 22 minutes ago

  @Telstra New NBN, wanted Foxtel, bought Fetch. But Fetch can’t get Foxtel, can’t cancel, no refund no return, throw the Fetch box in the bin, or they said “they would recycle it responsibly”. Now I want some real science, an energy balance not virtue signalling .