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Optus Outage Report in Barwon Heads, Greater Geelong, State of Victoria

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Users are reporting problems related to: internet, phone and e-mail.

SingTel Optus offers landline and mobile communication services to consumers and businesses, including mobile phone, mobile internet, broadband internet and television.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Barwon Heads, State of Victoria

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

Optus Outage Chart in Barwon Heads, Greater Geelong, State of Victoria 01/12/2026 01:30

January 12: Problems at Optus

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Optus users through our website.

  1. Internet (65%)

    Internet (65%)

  2. Phone (14%)

    Phone (14%)

  3. E-mail (8%)

    E-mail (8%)

  4. Wi-fi (7%)

    Wi-fi (7%)

  5. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

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Optus Issues Reports Near Barwon Heads, State of Victoria

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Barwon Heads and nearby locations:

  • maxblake44 Max Blake (@maxblake44) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    61K at Optus Stadium in Perth. No masks. **** you @DanielAndrewsMP 🖕. #AFLGF

  • camo2572 💧Darren Camilleri (@camo2572) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    love @gilly381 but for Gilly to jump up and down and say MCG shouldnt have a guaranteed Boxing Day test in favour for his Optus Stadium in Perth yeah um Gilly half of all Kiwis live in WA for the mining jobs and yet you cant even fill up a day 1 1st test in a ANZAC clash #AUSvNZ

  • cmalietoabrown Christian Malietoa-Brown (@cmalietoabrown) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    Optus has to have the most **** signal coverage in the whole world

  • cmplus_info Cory (@cmplus_info) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    @3AWNeilMitchell scare mongering again on the @Optus data breach. Mitchell needs to be part of the solution and not the problem. Although it’s a nice reprieve from the constant @DanielAndrewsMP bashing.

  • corymedia Cory (@corymedia) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    If the .@Optus network wasn’t so bad and .@VodafoneAU wasn’t ridiculously panicked as to whether I can pay (because they made it clear they think I don’t make enough money), I’d be looking for a better network.

  • pwilkins10 Paul 💉💉💉 (@pwilkins10) reported from Torquay, State of Victoria

    At least if Leeds get relegated, I can cancel my Optus Sports subscription & watch the Championship on BeIn.

  • monicasmeow Monicasmeow🐈 (@monicasmeow) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    @Optus Hi Aman, I appreciate that but I was told that before when I was promised multiple phone calls that never eventuated. Never mind the FTTN service we are getting drops out constantly and isn’t as reliable as the previous DSL service at my old address.

  • mr_calabria tino mamone (@mr_calabria) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    @HITCSevens It’s nearly 9am Alfie I’ve got lipzig x Liverpool on Optus sports and listening to @paul_winginit on stereo ... you gonna go on sterio and talk football on it lad .... I watched ya video last night :) I’m over lock down we been in lock down 3 now lad ... only been to one game ;(

  • H_the_Cats_Fan MsH (@H_the_Cats_Fan) reported from Geelong, State of Victoria

    @kaine177 Optus oval was built closer to MCG dimensions … that would play a part, but yes if you think back, they didn’t play well in the hubs last year either. It’s a shame … No Gaff doesn’t help … and our weather is shite compared to over there. It’s proper winter footy.

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Lavendu68865456 LavGar (@Lavendu68865456) reported

    @PRGuy17 The only disaster was being an Optus customer

  • RonaldB93378022 Ron Baker No DM’s Please (@RonaldB93378022) reported

    @mariewalsh18 I’m an Optus customer and all I’ve heard is crickets. I am a relatively new customer (two months) and I went straight down there after the long weekend and demanded that they show me that my account was safe and they did and it’s unaffected apparently.

  • ripcripz 𝕽𝖎𝖕 (@ripcripz) reported

    @bentsolutionsau @jasonjordan Then is it unauthorised access to a network if it's printed across a bumper sticker (that doesn't require auth) for everyone to see, intentionally or not? I think we can all agree that Optus screwed up.

  • peterfraserbris Peter Fraser (@peterfraserbris) reported

    "Dear Peter, It is with great disappointment I’m writing to let you know that Optus has been a victim of a cyberattack. As a former Optus customer this has resulted in the disclosure of some of your personal information" OK now it's real.

  • meowmeowwooflol 🇦🇺 Alex (@meowmeowwooflol) reported

    @PMalinauskasMP I haven't got an email saying I've been affected but i am an optus customer with many devices. Am i eligible for this change so i can protect my personal information

  • goldenIaura laura ✨ (@goldenIaura) reported

    lol i tried to see if i could get out of paying my optus bill this month but it ended up just being easier paying for it after getting no help whatsoever by the multiple people i spoke to. thank god my plan is almost over because they have absolutely lost a customer in me.

  • sydsoc Soc (@sydsoc) reported

    @gbergsma @darylgibson @_sara_jade_ Optus have not released an incident report, nor do we know if they’re obliged to. It’s quite possible (literally) anybody with access to the internet also got a copy of the data for weeks, months etc.Difference is this person went public for money, therefore exposed the api issue

  • freddiebrown999 Fred Brown - aka Michael Molloy (@freddiebrown999) reported

    @mariewalsh18 Received my Optus email today - name, DOB, address, phone number - could be worse, no passwords, licence, passport or medicare numbers (only because Optus never had them)

  • MrBMYoung BYoung 🇦🇺 (4x💉) (@MrBMYoung) reported

    Got the Optus warning email. Disconnected my service(s) with them in April 2019 yet they still possess my ID details. Good job Optus!

  • TuckerFreckson tucker freckson (@TuckerFreckson) reported

    Gladys - ICAC>OPTUS. Disaster after disaster. A crook never changes its colours.