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Maeve Bannister

Optus outage drives spike in telco customer complaints

The Optus outage was behind an influx of complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An Optus network outage that left millions without phone and internet service sparked a flurry of complaints to the industry watchdog as customers sought credits, discounts and an apology. 

Consumers lodged 14,671 complaints between October and December 2023, an increase of more than 13 per cent compared with the previous quarter.

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