Optus outages and service status in Taree, New South Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Taree, New South Wales

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Taree, New South Wales 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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  Wayne Reardon (@WayneReardon) reported 3 minutes ago

  @hakluke About 20 years ago I was with Optus, and back then if you were late paying your bill Optus would disconnect your SIM so you couldn't even receive calls. To get it connected again you'd have to ring Optus and they'd tell you it would be back on within 4 hours. That never happened, so you'd have to ring them over and over again until it eventually got done. After wiaitng for over a week for my phone to be put back on and again being told it would be back on within 4 hours, I said "no, I'll wait on the phone with you until it's done. He then passed me to another team who enabled my SIM again while I was talking to him. Anyway, that night I noticed that when my Dad who has a private number rang me, it showed his phone number with a hash tag before and after the number. This happened with every private number and I realised that when my SIM was turned back on, something went wrong and I was able to see private numbers. It was the greatest thing ever! I would get telemarketers all the time who would abuse me when I'd tell them to stop ringing me, but now I had their number to call back. You should have heard how shocked the first one was when I rang him. I kept ringing him and he begged me to stop and kept asking "How did you get this number? I don't even know this number". That ended when that phone was stolen 2 years later, but it was great while it lasted. I've since had Optus tech employees in our pubs and ask them if they can do it, and they tell me that it's impossible, but I know it's not.

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  notonlyacocky (@hasselljpb) reported 4 minutes ago

  I had to help a tech at the local ph tower last night because the power tripped. (Access in the night is a bit dodgy) Electronic lock that needed guess what? Phone coverage!!! Lucky it was an @optus tower and he had @Telstra You can’t make this up!!!

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  kane (@kanethesaint) reported 4 minutes ago

  @eevblog If you turn on Data Roaming when in Vodafone, in areas where there is poor coverage, it will connect to an Optus tower to fill the gap. This only works for Vodafone and not Optus or Telstra.

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  harleyw (@harleywattsconn) reported 4 minutes ago

  @ThoughtVacancy @wayne_kag @AlboMP It is a problem and it bloody well exists!!! Ever tried cancelling Optus Sport, BigPond Broadband or Foxtel? Try listening to Optus's "give me the simple life" hold music for 2 hours.

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  lina ✂️ ******* AVATAR DEPARTMENT (@ambessasabs) reported 5 minutes ago

  love paying for data when i’m in the ******* capital city and cant ******* use google i love you optus really great service for your ******* customers and let’s not act like my home wifi is any better

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  Americans Watching The Footy (@AmericansFooty) reported 8 minutes ago

  Why is the turf at Optus so bad? #AFL #AFLFreoHawks #foreverfreo

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  ☀️Arun💫 (@Home_ArunK) reported 8 minutes ago

  @TeamHinduUnited The BS that they spread that they converted to Christianity because of caste Optus just Bull-Crap! They converted to Christianity because they are greedy and have absolutely no principles or self-respect. This has always been the case.

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  ₽᷀᷁᷇᷈€₸€₹₲̻͉̥͊̽ (@p_terg) reported 8 minutes ago

  @SocialPiranha3 And then, doubtless, gave you a fake name and position number when you called his threat out I had an incident where an Optus operator made all manner of promises but, when I called back, no notes, no names, fake ID and number Telco ombudsman became involved

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  Tats (@tatsyellow46) reported 9 minutes ago

  Optus Stadium update - west coast got a free kick. I **** you not.

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  Toby (@OzToby) reported 11 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.