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 (51%)
• Phone (36%)
• Wi-fi (8%)
• E-mail (3%)
• Total Blackout (2%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sydney	Internet	11 hours ago
Sydney	Internet	20 hours ago
Adelaide	Internet	22 hours ago
Melbourne	Phone	2 days ago
Murrumburrah	Phone	2 days ago
Sydney	Internet	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  🌏Henry Ross (@Lincolnabe123) reported 3 minutes ago

  @MikeCarlton01 The very worst though is a toss up between Qantas and Telstra 👎😡😡

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  Brett Keleher (@thebrickcleaner) reported 4 minutes ago

  @Telstra data outage in Melbourne SE??

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 9 minutes ago

  Regional reality check: Telstra = service. Optus = maybe. Vodafone = forget it. If only one network works outside the cities, that’s not a market — that’s a monopoly.

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  Lyn Shields (@lynshields) reported 10 minutes ago

  This Telstra ad is horrible

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  SmartyPantsSurfer (@BowllGeoffrey) reported 12 minutes ago

  @wtfinawtfworld Imagine how bad its going to be as a Woolies employee dealing with an issue - I find it hard enough getting a reaction at Telstra or the Bank and Im a ******* customer! Woolies board are swamped by Indians and have lost their damned minds to the dei bullshit

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  Catherine (@Catheri09875779) reported 12 minutes ago

  @RennickGBR 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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  Matai James Turner (@62DesertEagle) reported 15 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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  Paul (@Paul21421386) reported 15 minutes ago

  @KateMonogamish Hi Kate I haven't been able to follow you this past week and a half due to the Telstra tower near me being down, and now today wre have conact. Yahoo

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  John Clements (@kc9on) reported 19 minutes ago

  @eevblog You can check out any time you like but you can never leave. Welcome to the cell phone Telstra Mobile.......

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  Mike Sharpe (@VMaxF1) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Telstra How does the assessment process work? U&P doesn't apply from what I can see in that link, but a (very expensive) device appears to have basic paint/coating flaking issues, which should be able to be resolved.

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  landman (@hasselljpb) reported 27 minutes ago

  Gotta love it when the @Telstra helpline drops out while trying to solve a @telstra issue

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  Moses kiweewa (@Moweezy5Moweezy) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Telstra Worst customer care I ever experienced in Australia. Telstra

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  RJHtweets (@RJHtweets66) reported 30 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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  Lynette (@lynettekc) reported 34 minutes ago

  @MikeCarlton01 **** Telstra 🤬

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  Dead Ä̷̬͖̽͗P̷̭̳͔͇̊ on CompSciFutures (∀/∃/acc) (@CompSciFutures) reported 35 minutes ago

  𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝟭𝟯𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 Re: INC42959519 19-Jun-26 13:36 Call from Telstra faults L2, said will call back after Network Reset & Restart 14:32 Call back from Telstra faults L2, (from outside Australia over 5G - an insecure channel) call took 21 minutes of tautological circular mentally abusive dark reasoning & failure to follow procedures. Refused to escalate "Deprovisioning" of SIM cards unable to make calls to transmit data, demanding "samples" of calls to/from +1-408 by IBM and PARC from Military Classified numbers for over 10 years. Refused to comply with Data Sovereignty rules and to respect the classified nature of the "samples" they were requesting and I refused to provide till I am talking to a suitably qualified person or engineer calling from within Australia. Refused to comply with "Do not talk to computer scientists over insecure channels" rule. I then said "will not escalate till I provide samples", I explained "deprovisioned" is more than enough to escalate and samples to that end have been provided. Call put on mute, stayed silent for 5 mins then other end terminated call. AP

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  Jesse (@JesseValeri) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Busybee32433175 @Teh_Jkr @Optus Any time I wanted a new phone I'd walk into a Telstra store and just buy one. My SIM is already Telstra its just plug and play. People make the mistake of getting a new phone whilst still paying off the current one. A never ending cycle of payments for something shiny. Boring.

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  Ms Meh (@ms_meh) reported 36 minutes ago

  @maher_aaron @wwos You Telstra 'em! Though they'll probably tell you it's a Youi problem that you don't like how the coverage is 99c delivered.

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  jeeta Brar (@brar642188) reported 37 minutes ago

  Telstra network in Clyde North, Berwick, Cranbourne & Dandenong is terrible. My UberX and trucking business depends on my phone, but calls and data keep dropping. Paying premium prices for poor service is unacceptable. Do better, Telstra. shame shame @Telstra @TelstraBcast

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  “Sash” Emmanuelle Somerset-Beauverie (@chicpussykat) reported 39 minutes ago

  @SimonJCLeBON In 2005, I was $employed w/Telstra phone Foxtel sales & cust service I earnt AUD$1800 fortnight, noon-8pm wkdays. I gym in mornings: Yoga Hatha or Vinyasa (depend what’s on), group Pilates, weight circuit training, 45min treadmill, 45min gym bike, 2yrs= I lost 30kg

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  Ethiopian1987 (@ethiopian1987) reported 41 minutes ago

  @Kitorialt Then when you cancel, get all early termination fees wiped. This is something covered under by @acccgovau and the TIO. This coming from an ex Telstra employee.

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  Veritas (@jarro56) reported 43 minutes ago

  @karlstefanovic John Howard & Costello last budget would have been in deficit if they didn’t sell off Telstra & gold reserves.. Costello claimed gold was no longer the standard **** look at it today IMF stated that the last term of Howard was the highest spending term of any Aust government!

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  Anna (@spannaforce) reported 44 minutes ago

  @roonsopo Our internet has gone down, telstra outage. So I am going to miss out on the mighty redV thrashing the sharks

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  jfly (@jasonfly) reported 44 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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  “Sash” Emmanuelle Somerset-Beauverie (@chicpussykat) reported 46 minutes ago

  @KensingtonRoyal In 2005, I was $employed w/Telstra phone Foxtel sales & cust service I earnt AUD$1800 fortnight, noon-8pm wkdays. I gym in mornings: Yoga Hatha/Vinyasa (depend what’s on), group Pilates, weight circuit training, 45min treadmill, 45min gym bike, 2yrs= I lost 30kg!

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  Andy (@Andy22000) reported 50 minutes ago

  @WhereMyOstrich @ausstockchick No need to respond in such a derogatory manner. Here is the list, I pulled this from Grok in app you can verify it easily. Recent major Australian companies announcing significant domestic layoffs and offshoring of corporate/white-collar roles — Woolworths, Officeworks, Telstra, and NAB — have timed these moves amid sharp rises in domestic employment costs. • Woolworths (early June 2026) is offshoring hundreds of head-office roles in IT, finance, and HR to India/Philippines as part of cost-cutting to stay competitive with Aldi and Amazon. • Officeworks (late May 2026) is shifting hundreds of support, customer service, and tech roles to Bengaluru and Manila, boosted by AI/automation. • Telstra (earlier 2026) cut hundreds of roles (up to 650 in rounds) with work moving offshore to India. • NAB has expanded offshore teams in India/Vietnam (adding 1,000+ roles) while managing Australian redundancies. This wave aligns closely with escalating domestic labour costs: The national minimum wage and award rates rose 3.5% from July 2025, superannuation guarantee hit 12%, and the Fair Work Commission announced further increases effective July 2026 (4.75% on awards, ~5.9–6% on the minimum wage to $26.44/hour). Combined with weak productivity growth, higher on-costs (payroll tax, workers’ comp, etc.), and strong wage pressures, this has widened the cost gap versus offshore locations where skilled roles can be 30–70% cheaper. Companies cite these factors — plus efficiency drives — as key reasons for prioritising offshoring while protecting or growing frontline retail/store jobs domestically. This reflects a broader 2025–2026 trend among Aussie firms responding to cost-arbitrage opportunities in a high-wage, lower-productivity environment.

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  Trev (@Trev__Says) reported 51 minutes ago

  @Loud_Lass @DaleH1234 This dead **** sold all the airports, Telstra and the CBA in a once off fire sale to turn a single year surplus for the pin head lib supporters. He and Howard should be in a cell

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  Julie Burgess (@julieburgess623) reported 53 minutes ago

  @Telstra for 5 days now we have been unable to watch Foxtel as our internet speed is 4.49 as per their consultant. We have contacted NBN who told us to contact Telstra. The person there said the problem is our modem which it is not. We need a solution please Telstra.

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  🇦🇺Leoo 🗻 (@OCELeoo) reported 58 minutes ago

  @SamuelLalor22 @AFL @Telstra Changing the subject now are ya Exactly what I thought poor ****

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  Kmac (@check307) reported 59 minutes ago

  Australian Govs of all persuasions have sold the people out. First sold QLD State Gov Insurance, Keating the Commonwealth Bank , Howard Telstra, Beattie Water and we can keep going. Private industry is about profit and no service . We have that and pay exorbitant amounts for it

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  Madge (@DriveClever) reported 1 hour ago

  @Telstra the sheer incompetence of your systems, processes and staff is beyond belief. I have wasted 2+ hrs on the phone trying to reset a password. I vowed years ago after you sold a debt that never existed that would be it. I should have stuck to that resolution. Dreadful.