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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  Granville#AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported 8 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 #AussieResister (@Granville4879) reported 14 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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  I Am Lloyd W (@I_Am_Lloyd_W) reported 15 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 in FNQ 😷 (@Granville4879) reported 32 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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  naymmm (@Naymmm_) reported 7 minutes ago

  @stupidtechtakes reminds me of the optus outage (**** optus they killed my xiaomi 15 from connecting to optus networks)

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  M_a_r_ke (@Ma_rk_e) reported 7 minutes ago

  @heidimur In WA Transporth uses Fibre that runs thought every station and Private Wireless (LTE/4.9G): Transperth doesn't use Telstra or Optus for train-to-ground data. They built a custom, secure wireless network with 160+ dedicated radio masts along the tracks using licensed spectrum.

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  SimonW (@LaDolceVita_99) reported 9 minutes ago

  @simonbiddle @taipan168 As much as I defend funding government services, the notion that government run IT will be more reliable than Telstra/Optus is just not believable given the various IT issues we see on a constant basis from Centrelink and who can forget the debacle of the last Census

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  Nigel Withers (@MajorBlipvert) reported 11 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.

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  Cameron Holt (@Strikerminime) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Optus are the worst telco on the planet. You’d think that after over 30 years of loyalty they’d be willing to negotiate a compromise and maybe even a little leniency to someone in financial hardship, but no. They don’t care. It’s all about the money. Stay away from @Optus

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  ▪️▫️DAVID▪️▫️ (@turtlemagpies) reported 14 minutes ago

  @Telstra What a disgrace that each Telstra customer has to individually apply for compensation for the outages last week. Really shows what you think of your customers. Just provide free data like Optus did you scabs. Pathetic 😡 #telstra #telstraoutage

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  Dragonzlucas (@luke6211) reported 15 minutes ago

  @daytona7th @Adrian_Arciuli @FIFAWorldCup I have been to many soccer games at Optus stadium and its been great. They do preseason games there every year for big teams and its never been a bad watch.

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  HP🪆 (@heidiponting) reported 15 minutes ago

  Optus stadium grass is horrible #afleagleslions

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  alli 🍂👑🔎 tøp 19/11/24 (@kitswhiteshirts) reported 17 minutes ago

  interesting how i was with telstra during the 2 optus outages and now im with optus there was a telstra outage

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  Evangeline (@evangelinestuff) reported 18 minutes ago

  @thmsenglsh i used to work at telstra and we had even more data breaches and outages than optus did but telstras like besties with every australian media outlet and funds alot of their services so everyone just bags on optus instead, telstra genuinely sucks