Every day this week I log onto my computer to use programs that are fairly sensitive to issues with internet, and every day I'm chugging.

Log into optus, check my area code and it's always

We've identified a fault which means Customers in the area may have no access to their Phone, Internet and/or Optus TV with Fetch services for the duration of the outage. We're working hard to have this issue resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience

It'll literally have been a solid week come tomorrow, what fucking kind of fault takes a week to repair if their "working hard to resolve the issue"

It's beginning to look like "well the internet isn't DOWN, so good enough" rather than them doing anything.