By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:55 BST, 16 April 2019 | Updated: 03:22 BST, 16 April 2019
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Foxtel has come under fire from outraged Games of Thrones fans unable to watch the highly anticipated first episode of the eighth and final series.
Monday's return of the popular HBO series return sparked a social media uproar due to streaming and buffering issues for online viewers, despite Foxtel's claims most customers watched the show uninterrupted.
One angry customer took a photo of their blank computer screen with the message 'The service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.'
'What trying to watch Game of Thrones legally in Australia is like,' the Reddit post was captioned.
Foxtel told Daily Mail Australia that hundreds of thousands of Games of Thrones fans were able to watch the series return (pictured) of the eighth and final season uninterrupted
The photo was inundated with comments from disappointed viewers experiencing the same issue.
'I gave up and pirated it,' one wrote.
Another added: 'I'm frustrated that I can't pay for and watch this. Pirating is easier than paying right now.'
Many other fed up fans took to Foxtel's Twitter account to vent their frustration.
'What trying to watch Game of Thrones legally in Australia is like,' this Reddit post (pictured) was
