Optus outages and service status in Blackwater, Queensland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Blackwater, Queensland

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Blackwater, Queensland 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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  Chris Smith (@chrissmithonair) reported 11 minutes ago

  @optus_support Hey Optus support I am in a big pickle in France and I have my phone account w u. My phone had a swim and has been dead for a week. Tech in Nice says will never restart. I have a new phone and I need to reactivate my Optus account to upload my Samsung and Google data. But yoh can't connect to a support person in Aust unless u register on the app which demands a phone text to verify!!!! Aghhhhh. I only have internet and no access to Whats App or any of the accounts. Can someone DM to help please

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  macca 🇦🇺 (@CMaccaa7) reported 13 minutes ago

  can’t watch the game but is it pissing down at Optus? Why can’t anyone kick straight #AFLFreoSwans

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  A K (@AK22762976) reported 14 minutes ago

  @SkyNewsAust CEO return won't fix the problem - the Engineers are the important focus group whose expertise is critical to restore services [certainly earning their annual salary now -bonuses? "poof!" One imagines Optus satellite services in hot demand

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  𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘𝒔 🇦🇺 (@DanielSMatthews) reported 17 minutes ago

  @ianclarkeAU If you have a business you need both, they never go down at the same time. This was the case with Optus and Telstra cable networks decades ago, if you had both and a firewall/router that handled either bridging or failover you were never off line. Mind you Telstra did get nasty in the early days because their billing system was lazy so you could send packets out on one service and pull down data on the other thus avoiding usage fees. 🤓

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  Andrew Donnellan (@ajdlinux) reported 20 minutes ago

  @roodave didn't Metro in Melbourne get hit by an Optus outage a couple of years back?

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  A K (@AK22762976) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Birdsperch Clearly no contingency for terrestrial fail [all eggs in one basket] even with satellite backup downlink distribution relies on terrestrial bearers (circuits), Even Optus with satellite support incorporates terrestrial distribution -Contingency planning is key & costs money

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  MichaelinMelbourne (@Michael94858047) reported 27 minutes ago

  @mdtlion FYI! The Labor Government have STILL NOT released the findings of the OPTUS OUTAGE in September 2025. DONT hold your breath for answers folks! CHEERS ANNIKA!

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  TRPoint.pics 🏳️‍🌈 (@thatfancypear) reported 28 minutes ago

  You will hear this more and more... Australia needs another mobile network operator, this will head into a colesworth situation and everyone will suffer.... Wholesaling isn't an option anymore because Telstra and Optus game the system Mark my words, Telop

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  M_a_r_ke (@Ma_rk_e) reported 31 minutes ago

  @OneNewsAu optus announced the partnership with starlink on July 12 2023 and telstra announced it on July 3rd 2023, Telstra starlink messaging started June 3 2025 optus? well nothing. "covers blackspots telstra never will" that might make sense if telstra also didn't get starlink messaging

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  saint_ted (@saint_ted3) reported 31 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