Telstra service status: outage reports and connection issues

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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Internet (50%)
• Phone (38%)
• Wi-fi (8%)
• E-mail (3%)
• Total Blackout (2%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Murrumburrah, Perth, Arumpo, Launceston, Brownlow Hill, Penola, Cairns, Canberra, Hobart, Geelong, and Cook.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Brisbane	Phone	16 hours ago
Sydney	Phone	23 hours ago
Adelaide	Phone	23 hours ago
Sydney	Internet	2 days ago
Sydney	Internet	3 days ago
Adelaide	Internet	3 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Paradoxa (@Paradoxa18) reported 5 minutes ago

  OK the rain was good but why is the phone out? first rain in a while might have taken out the landline or rats or termites be in a right pickle if the mobile were network blocked as it was for a while hey @Telstra can't dm on the new phone the "network" demanded I buy

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  Kate/Pookie Immaculate Sister of the Butter Knife (@I_loveleft) reported 9 minutes ago

  I'd believe that, especially back in the day when I was with Telstra, any time you rang support, it was always an Indian voice at the other end. Probably still is. They seem to gravitate to a lot of tele communication jobs over there.

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  Aino (@partywuuu) reported 10 minutes ago

  @hobojo12345678 **** Telstra

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  Funkdoctor (@Docsthename) reported 11 minutes ago

  I think Telstra is having relationship issues with NBN which is delaying my divorce with Telstra 😤

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  AI Will Replace All Lawyers 🦊 (@ohfarfoxache) reported 13 minutes ago

  @kanethesaint @ronInBendigo @RaymondKeown3 **** Telstra

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  Bennyboy1 (@bennyyy_boyyy) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Starlink Update: customer care sent me the kit via express post and gave $25 credit. Installation went ahead smoothly as per schedule and very happy so far. No more crap NBN that Telstra put up their prices to $115 per month for 50mbps but my Starlink gives me 100mbps for $75 per month

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  Catherine (@Catheri09875779) reported 20 minutes ago

  @IterIntellectus Telstra also: 2026 (Enterprise Restructuring): Telstra announced major workforce restructures, cutting hundreds of enterprise and IT roles in Australia. A significant portion of this work and technical support was offshored to the Indian-based ICT firm Infosys and its joint venture with Accenture.

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  Here4CarltonMeltdowns⚫️⚪️⚫️🇦🇺✊🏾🌊🏄‍♂️ (@camo2572) reported 21 minutes ago

  @karlstefanovic Sold everything you clown Private sector won That’s why we pay **** tonne more Look at Telecom into Telstra he royally ****** that up ******* get it right ******** 🤡🖕#Auspol

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  𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐑𝚰𝐇𝐂 🌈🏳️‍🌈☀️ (@Raptor_54321) reported 23 minutes ago

  @_Testflight_ Came to see if it finally popped and was put out of its misery. Stayed for an actually good Telstra ad I’ve never seen before

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  jfly (@jasonfly) reported 24 minutes ago

  @pelli_69 @Optus @Telstra Maybe try Superloop. I was with Tesltra for 20+ years, and switched to Superloop. cheaper for higher speeds and I’ve had no issues with them for a the year since I switched.

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  jayzco (@jayzcoz) reported 26 minutes ago

  @gasugasu1984 I’ve used Belong premium, $95/mth, 100/17mbps. FTTN. They use Telstra service. Northern VIC. I find the speed ok for (tv) streaming, but lm not using any video computer development software. I haven’t done a speed test. Likely cheaper services available.

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  Pirate Ninja (@Hailmo) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Teh_Jkr @Optus @Telstra is no better!! I'm paying more and experiencing more black spots and slow downloads

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  GregM (@Gmeister67) reported 27 minutes ago

  @WSWanderingEels True, Notice how this season Kayo started buffering on most NRL games. How to fix it, upgrade your internet plan. Guess who owns half of Kayo Telstra. Just another gouging ponzi scheme. They dont care for the players the clubs the game. Its all about profits.

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  Anthony Petisi (@ApiaFcViareggio) reported 27 minutes ago

  @spannaforce Issues with Telstra

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  Brian Basson (@BassonBrain) reported 32 minutes ago

  🇦🇺 Australia: Telstra said over 200,000 of its mobile customers connect to @Starlink satellites each day! ...and over 2.7 million customers have connected at least once since launch A Telstra spokesperson said that customer uptake is "exciting", but the real-world impact is more important. "What stands out to us the most is not the numbers themselves, but what they represent," said the spokesperson. "A message home from a remote road, a quick check-in during a trip away, or peace of mind in places beyond the range of our mobile network."

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  xroadie (@xroadie) reported 33 minutes ago

  @BassonBrain @Starlink But an iPhone can connect to the phone network via the starlink wifi….without Telstra

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  stevie (@stevie_builds) reported 34 minutes ago

  @robj3d3 @ThreeUK Same as what Jakey was saying. I was on Telstra (aussie), while i was in SEA. PAYG, and id still receive texts, but after 7-8 months they told me they were gonna cancel my plan because i hadnt recharged... luckily they planned to do that the day i got back, but if i just paid $30 to recharge after 7 months i guess that would have given me another 7 months...

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  JimBobSquarePants 🇺🇦 (@James_M_South) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Telstra I have an outage reported via SMS yet no info on the outages site. Peregian Springs. Why?

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  Aussie Diana S 🇦🇺 (@DFactualists) reported 36 minutes ago

  F'ing @Telstra message to me. "This is a reminder that you have a public directory listing for the following service. Your name, address and phone number! are published in the White Pages directory and available to the public"! ******** get me off this or I'll sue U🤬💩

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  “Sash” Emmanuelle Somerset-Beauverie (@chicpussykat) reported 36 minutes ago

  @KensingtonRoyal @KensingtonRoyal Telstra made cust service jobs outsourced. 2010 Me then no more job $0,can’t afford gym,back on dole! Menopause worsened & mental traumas! I’m now on Disability dole & NDIS. My weight back 100+ kgs😢! In Pandemic I desperately started Yoga Teacher course on Udemy

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  𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕾𝖐𝖞𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖎 © (@skylarusi) reported 36 minutes ago

  @the_LoungeFly @Telstra 1/2 I'm guessing there's an issue with privacy My messagebank was switched off without my consent When I called to get it switched back on the operator changed my plan I called asking for it to be reinstated (it was an obsolete plan) and spent a week arguing with a 'manager'...

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  Tony K (@TKags) reported 40 minutes ago

  @pelli_69 @Optus @Telstra I was with them for years, then went straight to Aussie Broadband! One of the many benefits is that it has Aussie call centres & tech support.

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  AlexH (@DryToast2810) reported 40 minutes ago

  Got a cold and my fevers so bad I kept trying to think about Tarzan and my brain was autocorrecting it to Telstra and now I legitimately can’t remember which is which anymore

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  Jordan Wardle (@JordanWardle5) reported 43 minutes ago

  @theinfradev @ruicharadrius I'm not revising history. The plan was fttp everywhere, with Telstra and optus copper being bought out to move them to the NBN. The copper was never going to be used for the NBN. Look at the Telstra definitive agreements from 2011.

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  RJHtweets (@RJHtweets66) reported 44 minutes ago

  @MikeCarlton01 Exactly 👍 I’ll even name names of absolute fvcked customer experiences I’ve had recently Telstra Suncorp Terri Scheer Energy Australia Commonwealth Bank Qantas JUST to name a few 🤬

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  💜⚡️🦄 manda 🦄🐨🦘💚💛 (@aussieV8girl) reported 46 minutes ago

  @Teh_Jkr @Optus Look into new customer deals… If you find one that suits cancel your current plan and sign up with a new one. Loyalty gets you nowhere with them OR Telstra they’ve done the same.

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  dexq (@qexdval) reported 50 minutes ago

  Tech illiterate idiots in this comment section is insane, if ur still getting low internet speeds with nbn installed ur likely not asking for the fttp upgrade which is free and ur paying the same per month sometimes even cheaper then ur avg fttn ect with deals, yes sometimes u cant get fttp installed but cases are slim and u only ever have to pay if ur 1. Getting business grade lines (which u wont need for the avg household) 2. If they have to actually install the lines which if u have pre existing lines then ur fine and wont need to pay which is the case for most, As for wifi its only really a user issue so many things can can contribute to a bad wifi connection Like Bad routers Damaged lines Interference (usually if u have ur router lined with a stud in the wall can contribute to this) but microwaves and emf interference can cause a bad wifi connection Some routers just need a simple setup properly rather then it being just default IF you’re internet provider says anything like ur ineligible immediately ask for a technician to come out and look as the internet provider company’s themselves don’t have the technology to see if you’re ineligible or not they might say they do but at best they only have surface level ****, my first 2/3 calls to the internet company’s themselves were “you’re ineligible” the 4th I asked for a technician to atleast have a look and he said and in quotes “this is piss easy to install what where they even telling you” they then relayed that to them and got this (photo attached) within the next couple of days with the fibre installed And I’ll add my circumstances which is why I think most will not have any issues • I live in ******** nowhere with a avg of 2/5k people with a outdated tower for the town • the house I’m currently in is roughly 80+ years old as far as I know it got built in 1945 (yes it did get re modernised but like surface level **** like up to date stove and redone walls and paint obviously) no rewiring Yes we got ****** by abbot so we had to deal with **** company’s like Telstra Optus selling a fttn scam for probably more than enough time but we have had fibre implementations for a while now so the wifi/internet connection excuse just isn’t there anymore maybe at the start but we are pretty close to having most of Australia on fttp or atleast attempting We are in no way as good as NZs and USAs fibre implementations but you should be getting perfectly fine wifi and speeds for the avg homes use no matter what you do and if u work from home and do any data transfer work.

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  Matai James Turner (@62DesertEagle) reported 54 minutes ago

  my recent Telstra Auto pay failed because someone changed the password on my Telstra account and I never turn ed the Wifi off and that card and both cards are full

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  Chad (@OTheChad) reported 58 minutes ago

  @mynameiskiiiid @TheKouk Structural deficit? Mate, let's get this straight.Australia's structural budget issues blew out post-GFC and especially under recent big-spending governments — not from Howard paying down $96b in inherited debt while running surpluses. Howard left the budget in strong shape with low debt and a Future Fund seeded. Today's deficits (still projected around 1% of GDP with net debt heading to ~20%+) come from exploding recurrent spending: NDIS, aged care, welfare, and public sector bloat — not a lack of 'productivity policy' from the 90s/00s. Howard-era asset sales (Telstra etc.) shifted assets to private hands where they often delivered better efficiency and innovation — exactly what boosts productivity. Privatisation and microeconomic reforms in the 80s-90s drove Australia's strong productivity surge in the late 90s/early 00s. Blaming today's slump on "record low infrastructure spending" 25-30 years ago is the real stretch. Recent productivity stagnation (labour productivity near flat since ~2016-17, weakest in decades) has clear modern drivers:Services shift — healthcare, education, public admin (non-market sectors) now dominate and have abysmal productivity growth. Faster broadband, transport, and training matter — but governments have poured billions into infrastructure since then (and states still do). The constraint isn't some 1990s "under-spend"; it's getting value for money, avoiding waste, and prioritising high-return projects over recurrent blowouts. Private sector dynamism, competition, and sensible tax settings deliver productivity far more reliably than more government "facilitation" funded by structural deficits. You know what actually restricts productivity policy? Promising endless spending while ignoring incentives, efficiency, and evidence. Structural deficits today crowd out future options through higher interest and taxes — not the other way around." This keeps it punchy, factual, and directly dismantles the causal link while flipping the deficit argument.

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  AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (@slizeoo) reported 1 hour ago

  @DumbFoxFurry Every single carrier is so *** telstra pre paid costs your kidney for a 7 day recharge optus is Optus and vodafone has garbage coverage in my experience