Telstra service status: outage reports and connection issues
Why is my Telstra service not working?
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: internet, phone and wi-fi.
Telstra offers mobile and landline communications services to the public and businesses, including mobile phone, mobile internet, and broadband internet.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of Telstra reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
May 4: Problems at Telstra
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Telstra users through our website.
- Internet (44%)
- Phone (34%)
- Wi-fi (9%)
- E-mail (8%)
- Total Blackout (4%)
- TV (1%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Perth, Sydney, Rockhampton, Melbourne, Cook, Adelaide, Ceduna, Brisbane, Loxton, Hobart, Smithton, Penola, Kadina, Queenscliff, and Maitland.
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Internet | 9 hours ago |
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Phone | 18 hours ago |
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Internet | 2 days ago |
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Wi-fi | 2 days ago |
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Internet | 3 days ago |
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Community Discussion
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Telstra Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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yeah yeah its anne (@annabell_JG) reported@Telstra It wouldn't let me sign in with my pin so had to recreate a new one my password worked though but pin wouldn't let me in. I don't use passkey although I mistakenly write that in post.
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Teo (@TeoMorabito) reportedI just found out RCS (rich communication services) isn't available in Australia thanks to @Optus @Telstra @NBN_Australia WTF seriously
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Lasindu Nambige (@LasinduLive) reportedSpaceX is now the most valuable telecom company on earth and it doesn't have a single retail customer yet. Telstra, Optus, Verizon — all about to find out what happens when one guy with rockets decides your industry is too slow, too expensive, and too protected by government.
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Will G (@willgotsis) reported@Gatty54 Worst part was, we called Telstra the next day to say it was fraudulent as payment pending, long story they said we’ll stop it, no they didn’t, 3 days later payment cleared. Others were good and cancelled. In the end we got all our money back, but what a pain in the arse.
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Gerald Dabbles (@dabblebutz) reported@Telstra @Optus @optus_help can we please get support for RCS messaging on iPhones?!?!? The rest of the world supports it and Australians are missing out! 😭
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The Metal Dragon 🐉 (@MetalDragonHQ) reportedI am going to be sharing tips and tricks to help people save money on subscriptions and telecommunications. First piece of advice is stay away from @Telstra as they are well over priced and they will lie to you to gain your business. I have proof. #MoneyManagement
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Simon Cotter (@SimonCotter62) reported@stationmum101 I just went to telstra. I have hearing loss, not one of the staff spoke clear English. They all had heavy Indian accents. It was very very difficult. The same for the staff at my dads nursing home. When they ring I ask them to email me. They are all friendly and try to help
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Marko Matvikov (@MarkoMatvikov) reported@OTheChad Telstra is about as bad a company as I’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with. All care, no responsibility.
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Tim (@Trendy_Tim) reported@accent_trace @ktdenise I think I had a minor mental glitch I did the calc using 24 months out of habbit, so yeah it’s more like only 500 a year cheaper, still hard to find an actual benefit to Optus/Telstra’s over priced plans. 10 years ago, you’d get an iPhone and service for $40 a month.
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kane (@kanethesaint) reported@eevblog If you turn on Data Roaming when in Vodafone, in areas where there is poor coverage, it will connect to an Optus tower to fill the gap. This only works for Vodafone and not Optus or Telstra.
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King Neptune73 (@bartoni73) reported@Telstra @NBN_Australia when is my internet going to be fixed? I have been awaiting resolution of the issue since March 3, 2026. I have had 6 appointments cancelled because you allege you fixed it remotely! That’s BS!😡😡😡😡
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thomas armstrong (@MynoteTa) reported@toiletpaperaus1 No only did they sell off Telstra, they lied about it. Promised hand over heart they would not sell all of it knowing full damn well that they absolutely had to. It was always going to be all or nothing. Absolute ***** then and still are!
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BhagsNStonks (@BhagsNStonks) reported@disco___cat You can use boost mobile which is Telstra though a little cheaper. I'm with Vodafone now and yes you do notice the service drop compared to Telstra
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Con! (@c0n_AU) reported@JC47053522 @JohnOBrien101 Just like AusGov has some minor ownership of Telstra and Qantas, but has no say in their horrible business decision either!
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Raymond Brown (@jrbrown48_brown) reported@TimjboAU This idiot sold our gold reserves & Telstra. We had to buy it back with shares. Didn't have the courage to lead the Libs.
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Glen Appleby (@realglenappleby) reported@PollyPorridge Been ok lately. But sick of - pointless kayo ads for the kayo service - gambling being the primary advertiser - Telstra / Harvey Norman being the rest Kayo has excellent targeted to postcode ads for elections - but clearly there isn’t anyone new adverting
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AlexanderTheDad (@ATD_GGs) reported12 years at Oracle. BT, Vodafone, Telstra, Home Depot, UPS - enterprise server tuning. Turns out, optimising a gaming PC and a production server have a lot in common. Latency, throughput, stability. 25 years of that experience is baked into FAST.
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Chuck Stone (@chuckastone) reported@AussieVal10 It took Telstra, a lot of gold sold at record low prices by an idiot treasurer, and who-knows-what-else, to pay off that $96 billion. It's never about productivity; always about short-sighted asset fire sales in this country, and it needs to stop.
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GibboBG (@GibboBG) reported@telstra mobile signal has been weak all day from Binda 2583 tower.
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OzSeahawksFan (@OzSeahawks) reported@Telstra absolute garbage, non-existent customer service (overseas idiots that dont understand english). Pathetic!!!
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Hydra Boom (@HydraBoom) reported@Telstra No outages, just the pathetic mobile coverage that is our only back up for nbn. Keep putting your cgarges up and the service keeps declining. You know about this problem, its been reported multiple times, fix the tower already.
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Steve (@LegendOfSven) reported@estratgen My internet is ok apart from being slow and expensive but I get the same with 5g. Constantly dropping and reconnecting every half hour or so. So much for paying more so I can have Telstra because it's "more reliable"
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MetOshi (@met_oshi) reported@RealMetroLounge @WindsorDebs You should take one look at what Telstra did to both the cellular network and our internet infrastructure. Telstra were still offering capped data when other companies had unlimited; Telstra denied uncapped data could exist
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Paulo (@PauloHalo) reported@RM_19844 @RobertG7958 The Telstra shares conflict of interest crook, the useless stupid and prune faced old hag health minister and the brainless twit resigning
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Oliver J (@oliverjanik) reported@loftwah I will never understand people who stay loyal to telstra or Optus
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TK (@Teexmachine) reported@Telstra @bruzo2 Bruce, just get starlink mate, just as cheap and you have zero issues
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The Lord (@lord_tizza) reportedAnd Telstra support said it was a fault, after a hour and a half of trouble shooting. I checked NBN and looks like a service outage in our area - checked a couple of addresses in our road. How long do these usually take to resolve? I was looking forward to a good long weekend :(
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☘️ Simon C ☘️ (@SimonGetsWild) reported@aussiesoph Sorry for your loss 😔🙏🏻. My grandparents Always lived overseas and Telstra was expensive af growing up to ring them.. I never really knew them 😔. Same with uncles and cousins etc Idk how I'd cope losing a close family member 😭😭
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Michael Pearce (Westie) (@WestCoast4Life0) reported@AFL @Telstra WTF is this bullshit 😒
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Man With A Stick (@bludgeonParagon) reported@ashleycanttweet Social media truly signal boosts the most negative people these days because I remember back when I was playing a ton of Horizon 3, and as an Australian I don't recall people online ever being so miserable. I was just marvelling at the wheelie bins and Telstra phone booths lmao