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 5 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 11 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 25 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 31 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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  Casey McGregor (@CaseyMcGregorAu) reported 9 minutes ago

  So we have another outage impacting 000 calls in Australia, this time by Telstra. This has already happened with Optus twice if I recall. Enough is enough. Renationalise Telstra and Optus, and give them all the funding needed to maintain, develop and expand our telecommunications infrastructure across Australia in the interests of the people rather than private and foreign shareholders. #auspol

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  Wilma Domjan (@wilma_domjan) reported 12 minutes ago

  @keating01 Isn’t OPTUS & Telstra’s outage breakdown a strong reason NOT TO go digital on everything under one system of Government control? How many different services went out - not just 000? Can’t bank, buy petrol, grocery, use your card! EVEN WORSE is if we have a power supply outage!

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  M_a_r_ke (@Ma_rk_e) reported 14 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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  Casey McGregor (@CaseyMcGregorAu) reported 14 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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  Ben Nexhip (@ben_nexhip) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Cazzawhy @TigerAncient @SenSHenderson It’s also important that an opposition member of parliament can hold an MP accountable and be aware of lack of access to emergency services to the public in which they serve. Remembering what happened to Optus when people died as a result of losing the same access that was lost yesterday.

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  Question (@Philssay) reported 16 minutes ago

  Hey paul...Labor promised they'd get to the bottom of the optus outage.. Any idea why they walked away from the problem and allowed it to happen again.

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  Lyndall Robertson (@lyndall19414) reported 19 minutes ago

  @BonnieLerino123 How absurd Really this is the hill they want to die on ? Common sense after what happened with Optus and NO ONE GAVE A DAMN PEOPLE COULDNT CALL 000 AND DIED THANKYOU SARAH FOR YOUR QUICK ACTION

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  anthony, underclass prole cat, edwards (@anthony45052793) reported 22 minutes ago

  @twensor @FetchStep sadly its totally on form for telstra. remember when a small fire in their chatswood building took out the national SMS network. where i live telstra, nbn, optus and vodafone are all on a 4 hour battery backup, while essential energy schedules regular 8 hour outages.

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  Greg Carver (@GregCarver39264) reported 24 minutes ago

  @realRick_AUS We need him to have a full mobile network so we can piss Telstra and Optus off forever

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  Aberrant Gentile (@AberrantGentile) reported 25 minutes ago

  @nemagovau If i receive the alert on the phones i had to replace because they couldn't call one number on one network that i don't use, "000" on Voda network. Then i want those phones imei numbers reinstated on the Telstra & Optus, that i have sims for. The public/private partnership scam