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Optus Outage Report in Cairns, State of Queensland

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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 Cairns, State of Queensland

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

Optus Outage Chart in Cairns, State of Queensland 01/28/2026 16:10

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Optus users through our website.

  1. Internet (63%)

    Internet (63%)

  2. Phone (15%)

    Phone (15%)

  3. Wi-fi (9%)

    Wi-fi (9%)

  4. E-mail (8%)

    E-mail (8%)

  5. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  6. TV (%)

    TV (%)

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Optus Issues Reports Near Cairns, State of Queensland

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

  • Granville4879 Granville #AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported from Cairns, State of Queensland

    @JohnCoo51013646 @call_me_tomasso @Leinster_Lad @lesleygood1 @Optus Ah yes, I well remember Telecom and the Post Office, both focused on the customer and delivering quality service.

  • I_Am_Lloyd_W I Am Lloyd W (@I_Am_Lloyd_W) reported from Cairns, State of Queensland

    @Optus postcode 4870, your site doesnt show an outage my fetch tv's black screen sure does

  • Granville4879 Granville#AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported from Cairns, State of Queensland

    @LesStonehouse @Optus There is, I think I remember correctly, a period of up to 48 hours where a new service replicates across a WAN (wide area network).

  • Granville4879 💉💉💉 Granville in FNQ 😷 (@Granville4879) reported from Cairns, State of Queensland

    @toninicho I am now, seriously, thinking of changing my carrier after years of being with Optus Problem is Telstra cost me a first full money last time I was with them and I dropped Vodaphone over their poor customer service.

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • TechGeekAus Rod M (@TechGeekAus) reported

    @Optus Brisbane Northside NBN FTTP - major speed drops this evening and nothing changed on my end - technical / outage issues?

  • NarracottMick Mick Narracott (@NarracottMick) reported

    @JohnBarilaroMP Optus has spent a fortune world wide to Collaborative with musk Your total communication Network , security and privacy Will be compromised to 5 g Net work just to clear the data Which is then stored in the USA It will all crash , everyone's Homes bits of air

  • TedSzkuta Ted Szkuta (@TedSzkuta) reported

    @Optus Hi guys. I have been having serious trouble trying to get my Optus services working correctly. I have linked my home service to the 5G home network and it has been the best thing I have done. Just a dream.

  • packeteer packeteer (@packeteer) reported

    @GeoffreyHuntley how do you find the reliability of each carrier? I've seen a number of dropouts on the Optus 5G service (mostly running at 4G)

  • andrwha A (@andrwha) reported

    Spoke to Optus tech support on Saturday, Monday and today - all three support officers asked the same questions and still no resolution

  • TedSzkuta Ted Szkuta (@TedSzkuta) reported

    @Optus My Fetch Mighty box has not been functioning correctly since 21 May 2021. I have been trying to speak to someone to get support or to replace it. The only contact I can make is the "Expert Chat Assistant" who keeps putting me onto another expert robot. HELP PLEASE!!!!!

  • HugeRackman Hwoarang (@HugeRackman) reported

    @realmicturner @WestSydney Anything’s gotta be better then Optus sports I have great internet connection and can never get a clean stream for the prem through that.

  • Enhance27242927 St3IIzy (@Enhance27242927) reported

    @optus I’m sorry I didn’t mean what I said about you guys being stinky Indians pls just fix my net

  • Navyblueprince9 Brett (@Navyblueprince9) reported

    @rohan_connolly What's the big deal? A night grand final at optus will be a much better spectacle. Don't see the problem unless you like to go to bed before 10 on a Saturday.

  • dalemelican Dale Melican (@dalemelican) reported

    @Optus Is there an outage in Country Victoria? Gisborne/Kyneton area? I haven't been able to get service on my phone all day!