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Optus Outage Report in Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, State of Victoria

Problems detected

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 Castlemaine, State of Victoria

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

Optus Outage Chart in Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, State of Victoria 02/08/2026 21:10

February 08: 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 (53%)

    Internet (53%)

  2. Phone (19%)

    Phone (19%)

  3. E-mail (12%)

    E-mail (12%)

  4. Wi-fi (9%)

    Wi-fi (9%)

  5. Total Blackout (6%)

    Total Blackout (6%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

Community Discussion

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Optus Issues Reports Near Castlemaine, State of Victoria

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

  • wends1958 WendyS (@wends1958) reported from Castlemaine, State of 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:

  • Mediocratiz Mediocratis (@Mediocratiz) reported

    @Optus @OzGunner Same issue here this season. Random freezes and stutters mid game. Have tried all the steps - if it's happening to multiple people, it's probably on your end

  • Minus777 Peter (@Minus777) reported

    @brysonkoehler but I never made such a request. I've been trying to contact Equifax in Australia, but I'm unable to find a phone number. I've also been trying to contact Optus in Australia, but have so far been unsuccessful. Yesterday, I felt I had no choice but to go to the

  • JetpackJayo jamie ruth (@JetpackJayo) reported

    @Optus why is the streaming service so poor when we pay good money for it. Looking forward to EPL and to be let down by the poor quality image. Same issue last season. Pull the finger out and sort it out

  • jasonandrade Jason Andrade (@jasonandrade) reported

    @BazzaCC Dave is an Optus customer, right?

  • ZANEVERSACE ZANE VERSACE (@ZANEVERSACE) reported

    Optus texted me to tell me to **** off

  • i_heart_nando Claire (@i_heart_nando) reported

    @Optus I'm getting spammed with usage warning text messages this morning and my app is glitching and showing the incorrect plan - is this a known issue?

  • SustainableMe09 SustainableMe (@SustainableMe09) reported

    @jacquidark @ErinHelyard @Jeremy_Kirk I know. Guess we will know soon enough who is behind it. I have been hit twice (optus and vinomofo). Never purchased from the wine place but do receive their emails. arrgghhh. When will it stop?

  • kokolopa kokolopa (@kokolopa) reported

    @Asher_Wolf So we’ve had Optus, MyDeal aka Woolworths, Medibank and Vinomofo recently lose customer data to the dark web… why would you give more stuff to …Google🤮

  • ColinKi02276809 Colin King (@ColinKi02276809) reported

    @PaulFletcherMP Q; What’s that Skip A; Fletcher is the worst Leader of Opp business ever, his points of order, don’t even cut is as bad primary school debating. He has history with Optus and he was Communications Minister.

  • trashpandarella Cornelius (@trashpandarella) reported

    @ServiceNSW This is just Service NSW, pretending they’re helping while doing FA. Optus don’t tell anyone anything. Why should they? Gladys works there and they know the most the NSW Govt will do is tweet out some meaningless marketing as damage control. NSW Govt works for Optus, not you