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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

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.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 54% Phone (54%)
  • 28% Internet (28%)
  • 8% Total Blackout (8%)
  • 5% Wi-fi (5%)
  • 4% E-mail (4%)
  • 0% TV (0%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Bunbury, Gold Coast, Wasleys, Townsville, Canberra, Geelong, Arumpo, Gympie, Darwin, and Hobart.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Melbourne Phone 15 hours ago
Adelaide Phone 16 hours ago
Sydney E-mail 16 hours ago
Sydney Internet 1 day ago
Brisbane Internet 1 day ago
Melbourne Internet 2 days ago
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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Hugh_96
    Hugh_96 (@Hugh_96) reported

    @susanmandrews RA seems to be taking quite a unique approach to the women’s rugby program. We have all been through it. Unless it is a significant issue which requires an apology eg Optus/Telstra outages, just put out a holding statement & some spin. RA is lucky not much media interest in rugby

  • NinoAlves_1
    Nino Alves (@NinoAlves_1) reported

    @Telstra I’ve been receiving account text alerts including their name and phone number relating to one of your customers for over a year. Prob a privacy issue but you refuse to fix it despite MANY calls and yr team acknowledging the issue!

  • Riogallica
    🌸 Rita Gee ♥ 🇦🇺 (@Riogallica) reported

    @NBN_Australia is a joke. For the 2nd time in 2 wks my connection is down - their fault. They can't come out to fix it till next Monday! If I can find a reputable @STARLINK installer in my regional area, I'd be thankful (Jervis Bay NSW). I'm past climbing on roofs these days. Any recommentations? My @telstra hot spotting is the pits.

  • rustybroo
    Rusty Broo (@rustybroo) reported

    @SirMickW And how is it possible that @Telstra Brady gets $6.7 MILLION DOLLARS a year for buggering up the phones? #Telstra #Fail

  • Kelly26552573
    Kelly (@Kelly26552573) reported

    @Candour100 @blu_boys @Optus Yeah my husband had to switch to the Telstra network because of remote work. Boost was his choice.

  • RollerD3
    Roller D (@RollerD3) reported

    "Something went wrong" @Telstra The biggest POS company in Australia. Its Mind boggling how **** the sim card activation process it. ******* useless.

  • msyed_
    Mo Syed (@msyed_) reported

    When ChatGPT Beats High-Priced Lawyers in Court 1/9 A Sydney uni lecturer just beat a university’s legal team in court using ChatGPT. Telstra bumped its CEO’s pay right after cutting jobs and crashing the network. And researchers found a way to hack a Boeing 737 with a device the size of a 20-cent coin. Here is the tech news that actually matters this week 🧵👇 2/9 Greg Baker, an IT lecturer at Macquarie University, took on his employer at the Fair Work Commission over new casual conversion rules. The university brought trained lawyers. Baker brought ChatGPT. The tribunal ruled in his favour, handing him a permanent part-time role in a historic test of untested employment laws. 3/9 This is why people get excited about everyday AI. Hiring a workplace lawyer to fight an employer costs thousands before you even walk through the door. An LLM can comb through legislation, draft arguments, and help someone represent themselves without spending a fortune. The real shift isn't AI replacing judges. It's giving ordinary workers the legal firepower usually reserved for big HR departments. 4/9 Anthropic confirmed Claude will soon add invisible watermarks to text and files to meet EU rules. The watermark stays attached even after you copy, paste, or tweak the wording. Some users are already cancelling subscriptions over it. Nobody wants to hand in a report they spent hours editing only for an automated filter to flag the entire thing as machine-written. 5/9 Telstra decided to give its CEO a base pay bump. The timing is wild: • A massive nationwide network outage in July • 1,200 staff cut across the year • A slump in top-line revenue • Threats to freeze regional mobile investments if the ACCC pushes for domestic roaming Corporate boards have an incredible ability to read the room completely backwards. 6/9 A routine "system update" triggered a major Mastercard outage across Australia this week. Shoppers got stuck at checkouts with full trolleys and tap-and-go cards declining everywhere. We keep pushing towards a cashless economy, but our payment rails fall over whenever someone pushes the wrong configuration file. 7/9 Security researchers proved they could compromise a Boeing 737 using a coin-sized hardware device. It took them roughly 60 seconds to gain access. Physical plane safety used to be about rivets and engines. Modern aviation is networks, firmware, and bus architectures. If you can physically plug into a port, the jet is just another computer with wings. 8/9 Retailers are now testing facial recognition scans at the register so you can pay for your flat white with your face. It saves about two seconds compared to tapping a phone. In return, a commercial database gets your biometric scan. Hard pass on trading facial geometry for a cappuccino. 9/9 The thread tying all of this together: AI is levelling the playing field for individuals against giant institutions. Meanwhile, critical infrastructure (planes, payments, telcos) is becoming more fragile by the day. Tech works best when it empowers people, not when it creates single points of failure.

  • havyatt
    David Havyatt (@havyatt) reported

    @DHughesy Hey mate. Learn some history. Howard also sold Telstra for about $100 billion, but the saving on interest paid is less than the dividend foregone….it was a net cost. The Future Fund was established as a special purpose vehicle to fund public service superannuation. 1/2

  • euphoriacdbaby
    .𖥔 Si 🇿🇼 (@euphoriacdbaby) reported

    if you’re considering a mobile/internet service provider, stay away from Telstra. their customer service is the worst i’ve experienced anywhere and the service itself is ****. Does anyone know how to get out of a plan without buying out? I’ve actually had enough.

  • DanKelly966767
    Dan Kelly ♥️🇦🇺💯 (@DanKelly966767) reported

    @KobieThatcher @Ann19851873 Agree 💯 Also with the recent Telstra outage and formed Optus outage. Both affecting Eftpos networks and ATM’s. Cash is king for many reasons including privacy. Do not let cash die out.

  • OdondiCol
    Odhiambo Odondi (@OdondiCol) reported

    Need help @Telstra

  • PeterRule841618
    Pete Rule (@PeterRule841618) reported

    @TopherField Having previously worked for both Telstra and NBN, I can say NBN satellite and wireless are complete garbage, Starlink smashes it. NBN fibre is excellent though and speeds are world comparable. Still, many Aussies pick the cheapest slow plans which reduces our world rankings

  • RichoColin
    Colin Richardson (@RichoColin) reported

    @DHughesy @aaronsmith Saying "governments waste money" is easy, but the real problem is every government since has refused to raise revenue to match spending. Howard-Costello rode a mining boom and sold Telstra; they didn't solve the structural problems.

  • knightd73
    Dean Knight (@knightd73) reported

    @CKMonty Telstra ford customer is clear give away neither of them have customer care in their charter - used to long time ago 😜

  • RomireTV
    Romire 🇦🇺 (@RomireTV) reported

    @AshConnell Well Telstra and Optus both had system network failures, and they cant even take responsibility for it

  • BeefyGold6669
    BeefyGold6669 (@BeefyGold6669) reported

    @sanpellyenjoyer I swear that one in the teal shirt was Steve from Dell tech support. And the one next to him was Randy from Telstra

  • Peter_Lewis747
    Peter Lewis (@Peter_Lewis747) reported

    @AuspiciousTimes @blu_boys @Optus Aldi uses “parts of the Telstra network “ if you read the fine details. Only Boost gives you access to the full Telstra network.

  • roberts_pa97578
    Bobby (@roberts_pa97578) reported

    @w0tn0t2201 @Telstra I’m the same as you. I’ve never used Telstra and I wouldn’t even use them if they were given away free carrier pigeons.

  • UptimusApp
    Uptimus (@UptimusApp) reported

    Aug 06, 2026 at 01:45 UTC: Uptimus is currently monitoring Telstra stability. Reports have returned to normal levels, and we are verifying system performance before resolving.

  • ozcrimenews
    Australian 🧡 (@ozcrimenews) reported

    @ABloke23180 Lol ... i vaguely remember that too, a reform of all reforms to shift to a consumption based system of taxation. wasn't the sale of CBA, QAN, Medibank, Telstra supposed to pay down our national debt?

  • ACCAN_AU
    ACCAN (@ACCAN_AU) reported

    That's a wrap on @Techingov_AU in Canberra. Two consumer takeaways: new tech must work for everyone, not just the average user and trust in government services must be informed by consumers and measurable, including traceability of AI agents. Also a sharp breakdown of the Telstra outage from Frank den Hartog (Uni of Canberra). #TechinGov

  • rosie6172
    💜Rosie⁷ ⟭⟬ 🇦🇺⟭⟬ᴱ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴮ⟬⟭ᶜᴷ💜 (@rosie6172) reported

    @Telstra has there been another outage? I couldn’t make a call before. Turned it on and off airplane mode and can now call. Cheers Rosie 👍

  • BexThreads
    BexThreads (@BexThreads) reported

    @Old_SchoolEddie yep can't wait Telstra are bleeding us dry in Australia for **** coverage and dropouts

  • robbooooo73
    "Dr" robbooooo73 (@robbooooo73) reported

    @LayAngels @NoticerNews That's not bad, couple of soon to be replaced Australians Anz , telstra. Etc. All 100% Indian. Taking over federal government as well

  • JohnnyLydon
    Johnny (@JohnnyLydon) reported

    It’s $250k for 27 years as an mp including 7 years as deputy premier and premier less than half the increase of the Telstra CEO’s $6m annual pay packet. You and the idiot Murphy should just get stuffed.

  • farcanal53
    Smokey Dawson (@farcanal53) reported

    Whats wrong with our economic system is the unpenalised rank hypocrisy when Telstra declares a record profit, its CEO gets a $6 million payrise after the recent triple 0 outage that claimed lives.

  • _mqey
    moey🇺🇾🇵🇸 (@_mqey) reported

    @Telstra @ezzh_ FIX MY ******* WIFI ****

  • UptimusApp
    Uptimus (@UptimusApp) reported

    Aug 6, 2026 at 03:00 UTC: The incident regarding Telstra website performance is resolved. Service remained stable for the required monitoring period following recent community reports.

  • Sheldone
    Advice from an Aussie🇦🇺 (@Sheldone) reported

    @Telstra when are you going to get over this crap appt ****? I just want to buy a new Wifi toggle! And why are three staff members sitting and laughing together while there’s 4 ppl waiting? Wait, now there’s 4 staff members chatting.

  • johnsy123aus
    stephen (@johnsy123aus) reported

    Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage