Optus outages and service status in Aberdeen, New South Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Aberdeen, New South Wales

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Ash 🇦🇺 (@TheInspectorAsh) reported 1 minute ago

  @heidimur This isn’t just about Telstra. We saw similar issues with Optus. If our emergency communications and critical infrastructure are meant to be resilient, why do single network outages continue to have such widespread impacts? It’s time to review whether our redundancy is truly independent, or whether we’re relying on backups that share the same points of failure.

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  Jonco Dua (@joncodua) reported 4 minutes ago

  @burkylie12 Well done Telstra for the massive Outage 👏 👍 Telstra supporting the Crusification of Optus for the same. It's certainly a clear display for the idiots that want a Cashless 💸 Society.

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  Daniel ★ (@Danielx64) reported 6 minutes ago

  @optus_help Hey Sam, I wasn't logged in and not even an Optus customer. Do you want me to DM the original enquiry so that it is easier to find the conversation?

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  Casey McGregor (@CaseyMcGregorAu) reported 6 minutes ago

  @borisstephens Firstly, taxes do not fund government spending, critical misconception the establishment perpetuates on purpose to justify austerity. Secondly, you're right to say that just throwing money at problems does not automatically fix anything. You still need competent management and a plan. All nationalisation does at a baseline is remove the profit motive that leads to cutting corners on network maintenance to save money, which is what leads in part to outages like this. And I haven't just proposed renationalisation, I've also proposed using Optus' satellite expertise to create a publicly-owned, privacy-first satellite internet network to challenge Starlink.

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  Andrew Donnellan (@ajdlinux) reported 8 minutes ago

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

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  TheBlackRaven (@DanishDayle) reported 9 minutes ago

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

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  JILL (@1Swinging_Voter) reported 9 minutes ago

  Senator Henders is spot on #AFTERNOONBRIEFING That repulsive ABC sheils with her SNARLED TOP LIP was not happy LOL #CANBERRA Sarah is correct. LABOR LIED ABOUT THE OPTUS OUTAGE AND PEOPLE DIED. #MELBOURNE KARVELAS WAS OWNED BY SENATOR HEDERSON (stop telling lies 'Patricia')

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  Snuffles 🌸 (@Snuffle16106950) reported 11 minutes ago

  @robertveneziano @VoteLewko Incorrect ARTC handles Standard Gauge in AUS... Whist @VicTrack_Vic handles Broad gauge in VIC. But all should not rely on only one telco provider...the ICE radio are linked to Telstra! But optus has gone down too 2 years ago with the same result!

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  James Hutcheon (@hutcho66) reported 13 minutes ago

  @MiddleMoney @aussiewongm @Anneeokeefe I'm pretty sure Metro went down during the Optus outages last year. But restoration time was quicker iirc.

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  Nigel Withers (@MajorBlipvert) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Kate3015 Remember 18 Sept 2025 when Optus had a 000 outage because no one though to make some test calls to ensure the service was working after an upgrade? Doing a test is basic common sense.