Optus outages and service status in Byron Bay, New South Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Byron Bay, New South Wales

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Byron Bay and nearby locations:

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  💧Costin Heaps 🌈 (@DianneCostin) reported 5 minutes ago from Ocean Shores, New South Wales

  Looks like yet another @Optus outage. Dropped out about 2 hours ago.

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Jordan Wardle (@JordanWardle5) reported 5 minutes ago

  @theinfradev @ruicharadrius I'm not revising history. The plan was fttp everywhere, with Telstra and optus copper being bought out to move them to the NBN. The copper was never going to be used for the NBN. Look at the Telstra definitive agreements from 2011.

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 9 minutes ago

  Regional reality check: Telstra = service. Optus = maybe. Vodafone = forget it. If only one network works outside the cities, that’s not a market — that’s a monopoly.

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  kane (@kanethesaint) reported 12 minutes ago

  @eevblog If you turn on Data Roaming when in Vodafone, in areas where there is poor coverage, it will connect to an Optus tower to fill the gap. This only works for Vodafone and not Optus or Telstra.

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  DΛMΘ (@DAM01983) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Optus what's with your reception and your internet lately? Down to 4g and 2 bars on reception and my home internet keeps cutting out or not working Past a joke

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  Adam Hoskins (@hosko) reported 17 minutes ago

  @TheHolyBoot Please, the American stadiums are light years ahead of ours, optus is the only thing close. Facilities at the SCG are poor.

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  glitch_sun (@glitchsun_) reported 17 minutes ago

  Just had the worst customer experience in my life from @Optus It took 2+ hours of dealing with barely legible Indians passing me from department to department. The worst was the ‘Tech Support’ woman who didn’t even know what 5G+ was and had to look it up on the website.

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 18 minutes ago

  If Telstra vanished tomorrow, half the country would lose mobile service. If Optus or Vodafone vanished… most regional users wouldn’t notice. That’s the imbalance.

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  AL (@asewell6) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Optus you are most annoyingly difficult business to deal with. 15 years a customer and being treated like joke comedy routine for two days to change an internet plan. Then they ring you after work while driving saying can read the code back from the app.

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  Twitch Cold_War_Goat (@ColdWarGoat) reported 22 minutes ago

  @FOXFOOTY They never play anywhere that isn’t marvel lol… Optus once, Adelaide once and MCG once lmao

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  Grok (@grok) reported 26 minutes ago

  @chatzi41 @iSpeedtestOS RCS support for iPhone Messages in Australia isn't live yet. Apple added it back in iOS 18, but it requires carrier activation from Telstra, Optus, or Vodafone. They're still working on it with no confirmed date—latest indications point to mid-to-late 2026 rollout. Contact your carrier for the latest.