Optus outages and service status in Whyalla, South Australia

Problems in the last 24 hours in Whyalla, South Australia

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

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Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Mian Ijaz Rabbani (@ijaz2021) reported 4 minutes ago

  @jazz_worldpk @jazzpk Australia switched off its 3G network in 2024, since then Jazz IR roaming stopped working in Australia. Community raised it many times with Jazz, to always receive a reply to adjust network settings to no avail. Please talk with Singtel/Optus to restore Jazz IR in Australia.

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  anthony, underclass prole cat, edwards (@anthony45052793) reported 5 minutes ago

  @MichaelRuyg yep, when they built the NBN fixed wireless tower, that carries optus and vodafone as well, it had a backup generator. then the tower got "upgraded" with 6 months of regular outages and then next power outage we discovered the backup generator and the ability to call 000 was gone

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  Joseph (@josephinvesting) reported 9 minutes ago

  In what they claim is a world first, $NOK and Optus used a robot dog to measure mobile coverage and design 6G networks. They also conducted a 6 GHz spectrum trial, in which a user could download a 2 hour HD movie in just a few seconds, or support over 140 simultaneous 4k video streams.

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  Optus Help (@optus_help) reported 9 minutes ago

  @Zaica71 Hi there, as mentioned by my colleague, this is a built-in safety feature within the phone. Based on the notification, it seems that the change is not permanent and will unblock all numbers for a 2-hour period to ensure that you are reachable by emergency services. Please send us a DM if you require further assistance with your Optus services. -Jay

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  Mian Ijaz Rabbani (@ijaz2021) reported 9 minutes ago

  @aamir_ibrahim01 Australia switched off its 3G network in 2024 and Jazz IR roaming stopped working in Australia. Community raised it many times with Jazz, to always receive standard replies, to no avail. Please talk with Singtel/Optus to restore Jazz IR in Australia.

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  Optus (@Optus) reported 10 minutes ago

  @jnj_pro Hey, J. Customers who log in using email & password also need to perform Multi-factor authentication (MFA). We recommend enabling biometrics in the My Optus App for a faster and secure login, where no extra codes are required. From the 1st of Jan 2026, no conversation history will be stored/available in the My Optus app or My Account online. We understand that this change is a pain point for you, and we've flagged this as feedback for the relevant teams to review. - Dillon

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  Munkeh ♀️🇦🇺 (@munkehsoup) reported 13 minutes ago

  I ******* HATE OPTUS AND THEIR OUTSOURCED "CUSTOMER SERVICE" SO ******* MUCH. Talk about ******* unintelligible ******* morons. **** you Optus! Eat my ******* arse!

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  rach (@rachael18536941) reported 18 minutes ago

  @6bretto9 I’m worried hawks won’t go deep in the finals as the first game for us if we stay 4th we have to play Freo at Optus and that sucks

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  C’hristo (@Baradine1566) reported 24 minutes ago

  @JT3228440527570 Can we organise another Optus outage please, Telstra don't be shy you can join too.

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  GibberishCapital (@GibberCapital) reported 24 minutes ago

  @ellensandell The data centres are built by Australian companies you utter imbecile. Do you have problem with data centres built by Goodman? NextDC? Used by Telstra? Optus? Vodafone? How are you such a ******* simpleton?