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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  sam (@samsamtheman4u) reported 5 minutes ago

  @25MMCC @madwixxy @Igh0108 WOW HAPPY U CALLED IT OUT U R RIGHT ANNEKE WELLS IS AN ENTITLED POS WHO USES TAX PAYER MONEY SHAMELESSLY TO FINE WINE DINE TRAVEL ...WHY DID SHE CREATE A BACK UP SYSTEM CONSIDERING IT HAPPENED WITH OPTUS UNDER HER WATCH ..U ****** POS SHHH SHE IS THE MINISTER IN CHARGE N THAT WOKE DEI TRAITOROUS CEO IF TELESTRA ...ITS BITH IF THEM THAT SHOULD BE JAIL ...THEY ARE THE REAL CULPRITS WHO TOTALLY INCHARGE OF THIS TELCO N THEY HAVE LET US ALL DOWN .. U WOKE ****** RADICAL LEFTIE NITWIT

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  esseeeayeenn (@heresisted) reported 8 minutes ago

  If you only have one SIM it sucks to be you. I have 4. Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and a French SIM from Free. So I’m never without service.

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  Humpy (@sirhumpyAU) reported 9 minutes ago

  @TweetTreet @tim_blee That's bullshit, devices EFTPOS and similar devices that run on 4G/5G can use other networks, and a bit of business continuity planning would have a backup network, even for a small business, like running down to Officeworks and buying an OPTUS prepaid SIM.

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  CSG (@MrCSG75) reported 11 minutes ago

  @SkyNewsAust quote: "Ms Wells previously attracted criticism for an international trip amid the fallout of a major triple-zero outage involving Optus".. and that travel rort thing that we are supposed to have forgotten about....

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  eddy (@multithreddy) reported 12 minutes ago

  @oscarcsims @haydenmalc maybe it'll happen soon since outsourcing RAN management to cheaper vendors is all the rage in the telecom space right now (Spark just outsourced to Nokia, who was the vendor who was partially responsible for the last Optus 000 outage)

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  Msnobody (@CherylYogi41455) reported 12 minutes ago

  I wonder why I have never combined my Telstra internet and Optus mobile phone. Today I have my answer.

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  Evans Electric (@tsport100) reported 12 minutes ago

  A guy moved into a new apartment. Only “official” internet was FTTN NBN — $90/month for a pathetic 30 Mbps down max. He called Telstra and Optus. Both said “5G Fixed Wireless not available at your address.” He checked a cell tower map anyway. Half a dozen towers within a couple km. Bought a GL.iNet GL-X3000NR 5G router + built a DIY 4x4 MIMO LPDA external antenna. Result? 800 Mbps download / 170 Mbps upload. 25x faster. $75/month. Same building. Here’s exactly how he did it 🧵

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  Cheryl (@Cheryl53111693) reported 14 minutes ago

  @andrewrdn463 Put a woman in charge of a company like Telstra and Optus and you can be sure they will **** it up.

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  Heather Bilson. (@BilsonhBilson) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Michael83424242 This started under the LNP are you senile, stupid or deliberately been disingenuous? Communications outages & breaches occurred under the tenure of Paul Fletcher, who served as Minister- 2019 to 2022. The 2022 Data Breach: In Sept, Optus suffered a massive cyber-attack!

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  Iaen Cordell (@IaenCordell) reported 19 minutes ago

  @PaulBongiorno And we thought Optus was bad! <grin>