Optus outages and service status in Parkes, New South Wales

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

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Parkes, 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 Near Parkes, New South Wales

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

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  Candy J (@LiveLrnExplore) reported 9 minutes ago from Parkes, New South Wales

  @Telstra This tweet brought to you by me piggy backing off my Optus phones fully functional mobile network data. Eftpos machines are unable to do this. So any work around has to come from Telstra or I have to get the bank to change to Optus.

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Kelly (@Kelly26552573) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Candour100 @blu_boys @Optus Yeah my husband had to switch to the Telstra network because of remote work. Boost was his choice.

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  Tim Coghl.\n (@bohdia) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Adrian_Arciuli @FIFAWorldCup MCG, Optus and Adelaide are Ovals and non starters. Cake Tin would and should be knocked down to expand. Given cricket isn't played there it would be rectangular, By 2042 Stadium Australia will have been rebuilt Perth should have a 40k rectangular Hopefully expanded Coopers

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  Ted Lasso (@edwardnosh1) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Adrian_Arciuli @FIFAWorldCup AFL stadiums are not built to support football, I’d take Optus, Adelaide Oval and the MCG off the list! Probably one of the reasons we have never won a World Cup

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  Lucy Graham (@montrosegraham) reported 12 minutes ago

  @ChinaSelect Australia has had two major telecommunications network failures. As a result of the Telstra failure, three people died, including a baby. One person died as a result of the Optus failure. No infrastructure should have any exposure to foreign adversaries.

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  Satoshi Goy (@satoshigoy) reported 16 minutes ago

  The fact that the emergency AusAlert didn’t reach Optus customers who had no Optus coverage, despite Telstra towers being available, is absurd. An emergency warning system should use any available network to deliver life-saving alerts—not fail because your own carrier is down. In a disaster, network loyalty shouldn’t determine who gets warned. This needs to be fixed before the next emergency.

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  Brett 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ (@BrettJH2) reported 18 minutes ago

  @FreedmFightr1 When OPTUS stadium was built in WA originally they wanted to charge obscene prices for crap pies until the backlash. But that's the mindset. Instead of being grateful. They want to milk the supporters DRY!

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  Geoff (@GeoffPAus) reported 19 minutes ago

  Why does @Optus now require a direct debit to be setup if you want to change your internet plan? I have had post paid plans with Optus for years and never an issue but now have been told it is the only way😡

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  Sue Davis (@Sueberry2) reported 21 minutes ago

  @blu_boys @Optus Go Aldi...roll over data, plans from $23, Telstra network, and currently double data on some plans for 6months if you start up before the end of September 2026.

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  James (@ladsgeog) reported 22 minutes ago

  @PGJohnson77 @Adrian_Arciuli @FIFAWorldCup Adelaide Oval and Optus are fine because AO is narrow and Optus has raised seats. Agree that the MCG is a very poor viewing experience.

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  anthony, underclass prole cat, edwards (@anthony45052793) reported 22 minutes ago

  @twensor @FetchStep sadly its totally on form for telstra. remember when a small fire in their chatswood building took out the national SMS network. where i live telstra, nbn, optus and vodafone are all on a 4 hour battery backup, while essential energy schedules regular 8 hour outages.