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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

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Telstra users through our website.

  • 43% Internet (43%)
  • 34% Phone (34%)
  • 10% Wi-fi (10%)
  • 8% E-mail (8%)
  • 4% Total Blackout (4%)
  • 1% TV (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Sydney, Arumpo, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide, Rockhampton, Cook, Ceduna, Loxton, Smithton, Penola, Kadina, and Queenscliff.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Sydney Internet 4 hours ago
Arumpo Internet 1 day ago
Melbourne Phone 2 days ago
Melbourne Internet 2 days ago
Perth Internet 2 days ago
Sydney Phone 3 days ago
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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Judyw561
    JW (@Judyw561) reported

    @AlanBixter @Telstra But it barely gives our public transport issues a run for the money.

  • eevblog
    Dave Jones (@eevblog) reported

    Now tweeting from my lab machine again with very basic Optus 5G internet. Will have to upload video and stuff from home, but otherwise I'm kinda functional again. No idea when NBN/Telstra will restore the connection, it's been 3 days already so I assume it's very bad. Today is Sunday and tomorrow is another public holiday.

  • Teexmachine
    TK (@Teexmachine) reported

    @Telstra @bruzo2 Bruce, just get starlink mate, just as cheap and you have zero issues

  • InternetPiglet
    Alex (@InternetPiglet) reported

    @robb_j_m LNP stopped the original rollout of a national fiber network to buy back the copper network from telstra they sold to telstra in the 90s in an utterly deranged move that blew out costs and rollout time..

  • RedFiveynwa
    RedFive (@RedFiveynwa) reported

    @aussiExau @AFL @Telstra Who ******** are you even talking to

  • PeterD84508
    Peter Dewar (@PeterD84508) reported

    @markbouris John Howard a failed PM that lost his own seat. Sold off Telstra to the people that already owned it at a time when we needed to upgrade to optic fibre network. Tried to introduce Workchoices to destroy wage increases. Sold off gas on 30 year contract . Neg gearing and CGT ..

  • outbackeskies
    Outback Eskies (@outbackeskies) reported

    @Telstra moved back to Australia, been 1 month trying to setup a business account and still after multiple emails phone calls etc can't get a ******* answer....you are the worst customer service in this country says everyone ever...**** u

  • mrr78504
    MR Reilly (@mrr78504) reported

    @econoadabsurdam @LeeRespecter The NBN might plausibly have increased productivity if it had retained its original scope (A FTTN fibre backbone network independent of Telstra that would allow telecommunication companies to compete on an equal footing). Instead it got rolled out first in Tasmania.

  • noreasonspec
    the what an election chocobo (@noreasonspec) reported

    Has Telstra mobile been dog **** for anyone else in Sydney recently? Just tons more black spots of no coverage on 5g?

  • AngelineBrasier
    Dr Angeline Brasier 💜 (@AngelineBrasier) reported

    @merkin_about its when online security works against the very elderly and their carers. we had this trouble with Telstra. they kept texting a security code to a number that wasn't our's. Mum didn't understand ended up having to get the ombudsman involved.

  • DanielRolf19187
    The real wrestling critic (@DanielRolf19187) reported

    @Telstra Telstra sucks three days no Wi-Fi Telstra is bullshit

  • Frances__Daily
    Frances Daily (@Frances__Daily) reported

    @AlanBixter @Telstra Not to mention their email service BigPond’s which frequently has issues…

  • WLMOS85
    Reverse Brain (@WLMOS85) reported

    @Telstra lost Signal 🙄😪🤔

  • TrevorHockins
    Trevor Hockins (@TrevorHockins) reported

    @FunkleberryTwit No, Howard's "non-core promises" were philosophically driven, not a response to a worsening situation. They included vows to "never ever" introduce a GST, not cut Medicare services, not to privatise Telstra, and that workers' take-home pay would not be affected, then WorkChoices

  • SimonCotter62
    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

  • CefaiJason
    Jason Cefai (@CefaiJason) reported

    @robb_j_m everyone ******* moaned and kniffed Rudd in the back they then sold it off to telstra because this stupid government doesn't know how to create money they only know how to Tax

  • wolfie_games17
    Whimsy Wolfie (@wolfie_games17) reported

    @AllieHollyS I’m with Aldi! $29 a month, data rolls over & uses the Telstra network

  • gwynne007
    /. Gwynne (@gwynne007) reported

    @Trev__Says @susan_taylor07 @cjoye None of them would have been profit making assets. Telstra would have been a big slow behemoth that got pants’d by Optus and Vodafone. Our gas wouldn’t have been developed - it took 15 years from sale to production. And we would have been paying huge amounts of interest.

  • tony_chatham
    Tony Chatham (@tony_chatham) reported

    @analyticflying @Optus I switched from @optus mobile to Woolworths who use the Telstra network. Considerably cheaper but much more reliable.

  • FarCanall
    Far Canal 😏 (@FarCanall) reported

    Really unsure, but I’ve seen the same sort of buffoons rise to the top at Aust Post, Telstra, etc. The phrase “**** floats to the Top” is pretty common in Govt Industies. Good thing is, once they get there, their incompetence is exposed for all to see. Nowhere to hide.

  • dabblebutz
    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! 😭

  • grok
    Grok (@grok) reported

    @chatzi41 @iSpeedtestOS RCS support for iPhone Messages in Australia isn't live yet. Apple added it back in iOS 18, but it requires carrier activation from Telstra, Optus, or Vodafone. They're still working on it with no confirmed date—latest indications point to mid-to-late 2026 rollout. Contact your carrier for the latest.

  • eevblog
    Dave Jones (@eevblog) reported

    @asphotos Science isn't going to help when the system is clogged because the NBN is down and many thousands of people are trying to find workarounds. Telstra in the park has collapsed, and Optus is struggling.

  • Zenandy1962
    Andrew Cattermole (@Zenandy1962) reported

    @ArtistAffame @Brocklesnitch I used to ring Telstra after my night shift and I’d doze off and wake up and still be on hold so I’d hang up and go to bed and try again next morning.

  • 5ingularitea
    Dre🅰️d (@5ingularitea) reported

    @RocketTank123 Aussies have love/hate relationship with Telstra. It is the most expensive and customer service often terrible but for rural coverage it is the best by far. Optus or Vodafone would love to take some of Telstra’s pie with $ASTS remote coverage

  • popgomouse
    澳洲袋鼠 🇦🇺🦘 (@popgomouse) reported

    @BlairPring81213 @cjoye When Howard partially privatised Telstra, it retained the countrywide copper landline backbone, a network monopoly. All telcos and ISPs needed to connect to Telstra landline. Telstra usually took a long time to find the keys to exchanges when other telcos asked to connect. 3/8

  • danny_v8
    Danny (@danny_v8) reported

    @bek_lenin @MmeMaigret1 @ashman_the Keating/Hawke began the sell off. Commonwealth Bank, Telstra etc. Costello/Howard continued with it. Just as bad as each other. Rudd with his ‘stimulus cheques’ got us into debt which has spiralled to today’s numbers.

  • Sy8799465978734
    Sy (@Sy8799465978734) reported

    @DrewPavlou @GeraldPimm The issue is when the state goes into debt it sells its assets. Gov used to own most necessary infrastructure like Telstra,sec,ports etc. When they need $ they sell.

  • joshatticus
    JoshAtticus (@joshatticus) reported

    @itsiclassic Like I would've just gone and called support from one of the free Telstra payphones if I'd known it was gonna take that long and the store couldn't do anything

  • Trev__Says
    Trev (@Trev__Says) reported

    @MacFlashmanInc @markbouris @Rocket60271713 This **** **** sold Telstra, the airports and our gold reserves for a once off surplus & no govt was able balance the budget for 20 years because of his economic vandalism This filth should be in a cell with Costello