Gripe of the Day
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Amaysim, an Optus retailer, used to be a fun company until Optus bought them out. Since then they've become quite irritating, sneaking the monthly price up, cold-calling, endless offers for Internet that's not available here. Recently they upgraded the phone plan without notice or choice from $15 to $25/m - knowing there was nothing cheaper to churn to.

Optus brains trust has for some reason sort of backtracked. Complaints? Bad press? While this latest time-waster is welcome, it's ntl both confusing and pissing me off.

And yes, of course, accepted. The sneaky part is a downgrade to no international calls for a year. But never make them, so...

#Optus

Government Orders Sweeping Review of Triple Zero Laws After Fatal Outages

#TripleZero #Optus #Telco #EmergencyServices #AusPol #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-government-orders-sweeping-review-of-triple-zero-laws-after-fatal-outages-5c0f175c

Optus Plans 700 New Hires as It Pulls Operations Back from India

#Optus #TripleZero #Telco #AusPol #AusNews #Singtel

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-optus-plans-700-new-hires-as-it-pulls-operations-back-from-india-3a2bae1b

TIL: Mobile Service Provider in Australien (müssen?) Geräte blocken, wenn sie irgendwelche Bugs beim #Notruf haben.

Also z.B. wenn #Telstra dein Home Carrier ist und die 📱 es nicht sauber schaffen über #Optus oder #Vodafone nen Notruf rauszubekommen (da #3G IIRC mittlerweile auch in Australien abgeschalten ist, dürften sie vermutlich den Emergency IMS Bearer nicht sauber hoch bekommen).

https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/older-mobile-devices-calling-triple-zero-

A while ago I whinged here about Optus, who had leaked my personal info in 2022. They had cancelled my passport for “online verification”, and I only learnt why that was important when wanting to update my security level in the Aussie government ID app.

I called them; they said I was too late to claim, and that they’d only give me account credit anyway (I’m no longer a customer), and then said they’d call me back and they didn’t.

So, I wrote a complaint letter…

#optus #complaint #australia