Optus outages and service status in Cairns, Queensland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Cairns, Queensland

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

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

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  I Am Lloyd W (@I_Am_Lloyd_W) reported 6 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

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

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  Granville #AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported 12 minutes ago from Cairns, 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.

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  Granville#AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported 25 minutes ago from Cairns, 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).

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  💉💉💉 Granville in FNQ 😷 (@Granville4879) reported 45 minutes ago from Cairns, 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:

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  MAGA OZ (@magaozREAL) reported 3 minutes ago

  @FrankWCE1992 @kanecornes Are you ****** retarded? We share a home ground with 5 other clubs you spastic. Zero neutrality in it when we play hawthorn or Richmond (even though they are **** at the moment). We would win MORE games as an average team if we had an Optus Stadium advantage.

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  kim willis (@kim1_kw) reported 3 minutes ago

  @QBCCIntegrity Australians are now being subjected to more and more data breaches. I have friends with Optus and Energex who are at a loss as to what to do. Bank details, card details, DOB. Banks cancel your cards in times of dispute. Direct debits are affected. Constant crimes against us all.

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  Tats (@tatsyellow46) reported 3 minutes ago

  Optus Stadium update - hoping to see Harley give Daicos the don’t argue, but never going to happen. Nick doesn’t go in for tackles or hard *****….

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  Munkeh ♀️🇦🇺 (@munkehsoup) reported 4 minutes ago

  I ******* HATE OPTUS AND THEIR OUTSOURCED "CUSTOMER SERVICE" SO ******* MUCH. Talk about ******* unintelligible ******* morons. **** you Optus! Eat my ******* arse!

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  Jumbarrawa (@jumbarrawa) reported 5 minutes ago

  It's not like mainstream media dont know about ANY of this. 👇👇 In September 2017, the federal government announced a $50 million investment over seven years in the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC). The CEO was Rachael Falk. She led the independent review into the Optus and Medibank cyber breaches. She was appointed by the Minister for Home Affairs to the Expert Advisory Board for Australia’s 2023-2030 Cyber Security Strategy. In February 2025, Falk left the CSCRC to become a partner at Ashurst Risk Advisory—a return to the firm where she had worked as a lawyer in 1998. The CSCRC was not just a research centre. It was a revolving door—a place where a connected insider could build a network, then cash in.

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  J Labs (@jnj_pro) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Optus And the session time-out keeps interrupting me when I'm talking to a customer support, I have to log in again after a while. Why is that? Can the product manager explain? The overall experience with Optus apps (Web and mobile) is painful, and a simple request would take days.

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  Pop Culture Trolls (@pctrolls) reported 5 minutes ago

  @BG_Underscore @chosenfew850 These f****** know this man, they know what foundational means. They're just being optus and stupid.

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  Peter Lewis (@Peter_Lewis747) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Sueberry2 @blu_boys @Optus Not full Telstra network, limited Telstra network access. Only Boost has full Telstra network access.

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  Fred 🇦🇺 (@Possum2412) reported 9 minutes ago

  @tonyward116 @Batman2242 Optus was probably down again.

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  J Labs (@jnj_pro) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Optus The advise didn't help. Can @Optus explain why already logged in users still need to do identify verification form as well as verification code. What security concerns the process actually addresses? Compared with putting unnecessary burden and waste time for users.