Optus outages and service status in Meredith, Victoria

Problems in the last 24 hours in Meredith, Victoria

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Meredith, Victoria 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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  evil gay spirit (@sebmygoat) reported 6 minutes ago

  @roomiwagon305 normally you guy a guy slow and a guy fast if not two guy going fast why do they have two guy going SLOW ?? they think they’re the perth scorchers are optus or something bruh THIS IS PAKISTAN

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  Millin Bear+FSD helping you profit from AI (@MillinBear) reported 10 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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  Luke Dunshea (@elldeeone) reported 11 minutes ago

  @theonejvo @JeffLadish do you think theres anywhere else you could submit this information to in aus that would actually help catch these scumbags? wild they are doing this off a home optus internet without even any form of vpn

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  Wasabi OzLamb 🐝 🇦🇺 🦘✡️ (@WasabiIzLamb) reported 12 minutes ago

  @ausstockchick Moonlighting as Optus Customer Support.

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  ₽᷀᷁᷇᷈€₸€₹₲̻͉̥͊̽ (@p_terg) reported 12 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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  Bodgie Steve (@BodgieSteve) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Riogallica Didn't know you could contact NBNco. I've had 3 NBN boxes **** up (nearby lightning 🌩 strike) Contact provider. Ausie BB, 1-3 days. Next door has Optus, 1-2 weeks.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 17 minutes ago

  @joshmatz @erayyocak @Al_Grigor Plenty of recent ones from human config changes on ****: - Optus (Nov 2025): Wrong firewall upgrade process selected → nationwide outage, hours of downtime. - Cloudflare (Nov 18 2025): Single config error hit ~20% of global traffic, knocking out X, Uber, etc. - Asana (Feb 2025): Config change overloaded logs, causing server restarts and service disruption. Human error (esp. misconfigs) is still the #1 outage root cause industry-wide per Uptime Institute & ThousandEyes reports. AI isn't unique here.

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  Benjamin Bavea (@BBavea) reported 17 minutes ago

  Optus is traditionally the best service at the farm & being that Starlink is temperamental, at least I'll finally have good coverage there. Of all five networks that I can conveniently access, none of them work properly here.

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  Optus Help (@optus_help) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Col__22 No worries, Colin. We only have the Optus Device Checker link I provided above. If you were wanting to look at other Network Providers, you would have to do so via their own websites or through the AMTA website - Joel

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  Teo (@TeoMorabito) reported 20 minutes ago

  I just found out RCS (rich communication services) isn't available in Australia thanks to @Optus @Telstra @NBN_Australia WTF seriously