Optus outages and service status in Castlemaine, Victoria

Problems in the last 24 hours in Castlemaine, Victoria

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

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

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  WendyS (@wends1958) reported 35 minutes ago from Castlemaine, Victoria

  @helphelpandhelp It's the fact that Optus KEPT all the personal info, even of ex-customers. WTF were they doing with licence and passport numbers well after the 100 point check had been done. WHY?

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Damien (@RabidLagomorph) reported 4 minutes ago

  Thank you Telstra for waiting 2 days after I transferred to Optus before having a nation wide ****-up.

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  Heather Bilson. (@BilsonhBilson) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Michael83424242 This started under the LNP are you senile, stupid or deliberately been disingenuous? Communications outages & breaches occurred under the tenure of Paul Fletcher, who served as Minister- 2019 to 2022. The 2022 Data Breach: In Sept, Optus suffered a massive cyber-attack!

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  Ben Nexhip (@ben_nexhip) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Cazzawhy @TigerAncient @SenSHenderson It’s also important that an opposition member of parliament can hold an MP accountable and be aware of lack of access to emergency services to the public in which they serve. Remembering what happened to Optus when people died as a result of losing the same access that was lost yesterday.

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  saint_ted (@saint_ted3) reported 17 minutes ago

  @jmil400 Where was the communications minister moron? Some one needed to step up and actually test it! Not like the the bungled Optus uggrade where the 000 outage went unnoticed for hours. Smart and proactive! Not something you Labtards would know anything about

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  SimonW (@LaDolceVita_99) reported 17 minutes ago

  @simonbiddle @taipan168 As much as I defend funding government services, the notion that government run IT will be more reliable than Telstra/Optus is just not believable given the various IT issues we see on a constant basis from Centrelink and who can forget the debacle of the last Census

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  Evangeline (@evangelinestuff) reported 17 minutes ago

  @thmsenglsh also their service is $70 a month for no good reason (they raised it because they added satellite sms) they profit consistently every year whereas optus basically makes a little more than enough to continue operating, the difference in revenue is crazy between the two

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  Curious Mind (@mase_the) reported 18 minutes ago

  @QBCCIntegrity @Optus Woke up this morning to SOS on phone, was like wtf! Didn’t start working until I headed away from the major town/city I was in and it went to roaming

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  Oz Owl (@Ispeek4me) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Bigly20 @Caitlen2310 The Guardian asks why hasn't the government acted on regulations since the Optus outage last year? I ask what did the Coalition do about regulations after the Telstra outages in 2016 & 2018? What private discussions and/or guarantees did they obtain from Telstra after those events? In 2018 Triple Zero calls dropped out across 5 states for 10 hours. If it were so simple why didn't the Coalition insist on Telstra installing back up systems? Maybe we need a Royal Commission (joke).

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  Emma’s Last Stand (@EmmasLastStand) reported 21 minutes ago

  Millions of Australians may have had data accessed by “hackers” after Origin Energy confirmed it is investigating a cybersecurity incident. It could be one of the biggest “cyberattacks” Australia has faced following similar strikes on Optus, Medibank and Qantas. Most of the cyber “hacks” on Australian companies have actually been leaks due to incompetent, lazy IT staff—Origin received and email from the “hacker” but because said hacker didn’t reply to questions from Origin, the company pretended it didn’t happen until the hacker contacted the median. As I said, incompetent lazy IT staff.

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  TheBlackRaven (@DanishDayle) reported 21 minutes ago

  @GraemeEtt If it's being sent via Telstra or Optus god help us.