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 in FNQ 😷 (@Granville4879) reported 2 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.

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  I Am Lloyd W (@I_Am_Lloyd_W) reported 5 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 27 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 37 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).

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Crowid Michael (@BPCrowvid) reported 5 minutes ago

  The Optus Stadium surface is simply the worst; it’s worse than those arena shows that do Disney on Ice

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  Romire 🇦🇺 (@RomireTV) reported 7 minutes ago

  First optus, now telstra had a global outage, seems legit i guess, paves the way for a global network blackout if need, cause look how well that went. Chaos

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  SadzysSingles (@SadzysSingles) reported 9 minutes ago

  @DelloPicks Worth noting he has only missed 14 at Optus once this season as is, which was probably a career worst game.

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  British Tuga (@BritishTuga) reported 11 minutes ago

  @dwjorgeb Im still all in on Claude. Fable I think is a bit slow I just use Optus ultra for most things

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  Nigel Withers (@MajorBlipvert) reported 13 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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  Radio Australis (@freedom4UU) reported 14 minutes ago

  How many times in the past 3 years have telecommication services in Australia been disrupted? #Telstra #Optus More evidence which strongly suggests Telstra and Optus aren't up to it. Lack of investment in infrastructure? #StarLink is winning more customers because of these lack lustre telcos. Telstra has suffered an outage that disrupted calls, mobile data and some Triple Zero calls across the country after reports of the problem emerged on Wednesday morning. The telecommunications company, which has apologised to its customers, has said its CEO Vicki Brady was on annual leave.

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  Andrew (@Aussies_1st) reported 16 minutes ago

  Why is it the USA can communicate with a space ship circulating the moon but Australia has such a hard job communicating with a ******* train just around the corner.. Because of this useless waste of space Anita Wells…. WHY is Australia STILL relying on just a single network for the train networks and 000 and a host of so many essential infrastructure ?? WHY hasn’t our government, especially after the Optus outages just changed the laws to the filthy rich telecommunications companies that they have to combine both networks together for things of major importance to the running of the country ?? 000 and train networks. You want a communications licence… fix the bloody thing so at least BOTH Telstra and Optus are both responsible for the safety of Australia and every Australian.. @AngusTaylorMP @PaulineHansonOz

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  Bruce Goodwin (@zzbrgood) reported 18 minutes ago

  @lodo25 @Ausbobsmit I’m usually in favour of government owned utilities but in my opinion the only privatised function that appears to work is communications. If there was only Telstra we’d be paying top dollar with no alternatives. I’m with Optus and my wife with Telstra so there wasn’t a problem.

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  Arkers (@Thelandofark) reported 18 minutes ago

  @matt_barrie @van00sa And the Optus network went down right after Albanese visited Beijing in November 2023.

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  solo 𓆩✧𓆪 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@ibeensolonow) reported 20 minutes ago

  @BinManIan Even if we were to propose the oval stadiums, the AFL is too greedy and has too much influence, they'll never allow the use of the MCG, Adelaide Oval and Optus Stadium for a month