Optus outages and service status in Busselton, Western Australia

Problems in the last 24 hours in Busselton, Western Australia

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Busselton, Western 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 Near Busselton, Western Australia

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Busselton and nearby locations:

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  SirThunderbird (@SteveVicMorrow) reported 40 minutes ago from Busselton, Western Australia

  @SenPaterson @Birmo Why wasn't the Telecommunications Act changed over the last decade to remove the need for OPTUS to keep all that information for people who no longer had accounts with them. Snivelling ****.

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  Lesley Dewar (@LesleyDewarAU) reported 49 minutes ago from Busselton, Western Australia

  Nope. The sound was crap and I should have stayed home. Never again at #Optus

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Icanhaveaopinion (@whateveryeahnah) reported 1 minute ago

  @Optus @Telstra @AlboMP ******* peace of ****, ******* useless ******* telecommunications. ******* piece of **** ******* useless ********* who make decisions on this ******* ****. Little wonder businesses are going out of ******* business and no one wants to ******* invest

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  B (@Buueror) reported 2 minutes ago

  @JackieChan87805 @LeagueScenePod @BulldogRitchie Let’s say they play their marquee games at Optus atm. That firstly annoys season ticket holders who get a worse experience and it dosen’t help their case in getting HBF Park upgraded in the future. All the government has to point to is the fact they are happy using Optus.

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  WanderingFist (@WanderingFister) reported 4 minutes ago

  Think Hermann Göring enjoyed himself at his Nuremberg trial more than I currently am at Optus. Awful awful game. Both sides utterly shite .

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  Millin Bear+FSD helping you profit from AI (@MillinBear) reported 4 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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  🌵 (@macar0n55) reported 5 minutes ago

  i am founder of the protect and respect all customer service workers club BUT OPTUS CUSTOMER SERVICE ACTUALLY NEED TO JUST GIVE UP

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  Peter Stefanovic (@PsStefanovic) reported 9 minutes ago

  @ASDGovAu And yes things like the Optus leak should have taught us that this is a bad way to go about things like age verification As i said Great Ingenuity in service of a stupid policy 🤦

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  🇦🇺 AUS Silverback 🇦🇺 (@NRLSilverback) reported 12 minutes ago

  @MarkoMatvikov Got rid of Optus a while back for the sole reason that their customer service, both over text and phone, are utterly incapable of speaking English. It would have been funny if it wasn’t such a pain in the arse to deal with.

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  DamagedByDan (@DamagedByDan) reported 13 minutes ago

  @optus 4G collapsed along Dynon Road, Footscray, as per usual ever since 5G started. Can’t even watch cable news. Before 5G used to get 70mbps up and down, now 4g average about 10Mbps dn (tonight even less) and about 1 to 3 up. How is allowed?

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  WestralianOrtho (@WestralianOrtho) reported 14 minutes ago

  @InTheMixer_FM The problem in Perth is HBF stadium is shite and we don't have our own version of CommBank or Ammi Park so any major rectangular event defaults to Optus statium which is a terrible stadium for rectangular field sports.

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  Toby (@OzToby) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Optus until you improve your service you have no business increasing your undeserved fees a whopping 7.7% - above inflation. You are already overpaid at the current fees for what customers get.