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 (46%)
• Phone (36%)
• Wi-fi (8%)
• E-mail (6%)
• Total Blackout (3%)
• TV (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Penola, Cook, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Nuriootpa, Loxton, Hobart, Brisbane, The Hills Shire, Campbelltown, Gympie, and Loamside.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Penola	Phone	5 hours ago
Cook	Phone	9 hours ago
Sydney	Internet	10 hours ago
Perth	Wi-fi	12 hours ago
Sydney	Phone	13 hours ago
Canberra	Phone	14 hours ago

Full Outage Map

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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  cobra (@cobraschiffer) reported 3 minutes ago

  @sidneyfrommelb Whilst Telstra has network issues after your data leaked by Optus. Cooked.

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  andy lai (@andylaiz88) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Telstra @LiauwEllen you phone 'support' team HANGS UP ! I guess your staff are meeting their call 'quotas' 🤡

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  NewsTongue (@NewsTongueX) reported 8 minutes ago

  🔴 PayphoneGo: 19-year-old built Pokemon Go for Australia's 14,000 payphones Kris Norris, a Brisbane student, launched PayphoneGo in April. Players call a number from payphones across Australia, enter a nine-digit ID, and accumulate points—20 for first visit, 10 for second, then 5 and 1. First visitors can leave voicemails heard by subsequent callers. Norris said the game aims to encourage exploration and revive "old internet: no ads, no tracking, so few cookies." Telstra operates the payphones under Australia's universal service guarantee. Calls have been free since mid-2021. The company reports over 100 million calls since fees were scrapped, with usage tripling.

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  Aussie Diana S 🇦🇺 (@DFactualists) reported 9 minutes ago

  @Telstra WTF! I WILL SUE YOU FOR DESPLAYING MY MOBILE NUMBER & HOME ADDRESS ********. GET IF OFF PUBLIC DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE NOW!! Your White Pages and phone number are published in the White Pages directory and available to the

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  rob2511 (@KymRob25112) reported 11 minutes ago

  I need to find a new bank in Qld. Any recommendations. I also need Skylab...internet access is so bad...much as I hate. I also need new phone...Telstra are worse than Optus... Any recommendations for CQld.

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  Ms Meh (@ms_meh) reported 12 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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  X- Y Bailey 🇦🇺🇳🇿 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇮🇹 (@Bailey92035278) reported 14 minutes ago

  @WSWanderingEels On the rare occasion Vodafone customer I actually agree with Telstra yes you have to go now if you’re the NRL like yeah 2029 if you want to beat the AFL over anything then this would be the one AFL hasn’t even talked about 20th team. Time for the NRL to put up or shut up

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  Sam (@nursesrock25) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Telstra @ABHawks1 @Telstra I’m having the same problem

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  Antony (@Antony_Collins) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Telstra you absolutely suck. Both my kids are overseas (18 and 20) and one is out of data and I can’t add more for both. I’ve been talking to Telstra for 8 hours and still no outcome. My daughter has no data left: Telstra suggested we get a 3rd party ESIM. The Worst Telco EVER.

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  samantha 🏳️‍⚧️ (@Samantha7ey) reported 26 minutes ago

  @yuyan497 im also with telstra alongside many other people and i always get reception along that part of the network

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  Mel Palling (@MelPalling) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Telstra When are you getting us a cell tower @Telstra?? This is dangerous! NBN connections are so bad we had to sign up for Opticomm, which until today, was awesome. But an all day outage and I'm working from my car.

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  Kranky Kath (@kathtatts) reported 28 minutes ago

  @ellymelly Spare a thought for those of us who have no choice of provider so have to just suck it up. Same goes for phone service and Telstra says if we don't like it then disconnect and have no phone at all.

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  Andy (@Andy22000) reported 30 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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  🌏Henry Ross (@Lincolnabe123) reported 30 minutes ago

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

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 31 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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  🇦🇺Leoo 🗻 (@OCELeoo) reported 31 minutes ago

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

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  The Trend Trader (@SixG369) reported 31 minutes ago

  AI helped me save $270 a year tonight. Not by doing anything fancy. It just helped me survive the telco maze. The Optus bill started at $251.30/month. After a long support chat, it dropped to $228.80/month. That is $22.50/month saved. $270/year. The real win was not the discount. The real win was AI helping me: - Ask better questions - Check the maths - Avoid payout traps - Push past the first “best offer” - Get the final number confirmed in writing They first offered a small plan downgrade. Then we asked about loyalty. Then retention. Then the numbers did not add up. AI spotted the issue. One plan change had not actually been processed. So, we pushed again. Final result: Old bill: $251.30/month New bill: $228.80/month Yearly saving: $270 AI did not magically save me money. It just stopped me from giving up while the telco maze tried to win. Next target: Telstra internet.

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  SnowmanNFT (@NftSnowman) reported 36 minutes ago

  @NicFromOz They use Telstra wholesale network, coverage shouldn’t change from what you have now, 4G, no 5G, I have used them, changed to Superloop though, tied in with NBN plan for bundle discount.

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  jayzco (@jayzcoz) reported 40 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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  C (@coryidau) reported 41 minutes ago

  I spent nearly an hour on the phone to @VodafoneAU and while the consultant was really nice, I wasn’t asked to do anything that I hadn’t already thought about and done myself in relation to the network outage . I had another brief outage about 90 minutes ago, and the interesting thing from this phone conversation with Vodafone was that this outage today affected every network, which is absolutely and categorically untrue . Did the consultant really think I couldn’t find who was affected or knew about MVNOs? This type of stuff might work on lay people, but it doesn’t work on me. If you’re not being ruthlessly gouged by @telstra, you’re being told BS from TPG’s Vodafone Australia. I do not expect 100% fault-free internet or Voice services, that’s just ridiculous. But I do expect timely information on outages, no evasions, and finally a proper explanation as to what went wrong because the idea of a power fault in this day and age of priority communications seems laughable. @acmadotgov

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  “Sash” Emmanuelle Somerset-Beauverie (@chicpussykat) reported 42 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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  Bri 🧑‍🦯🌻|| SUPPORT 🍉🍉🍉 (@BHanchen) reported 47 minutes ago

  Yo Aussies anyone else with telstra (or companies that use their network, like belong) having issues with data?? Woke up this morning and the wifi wasn't working, turned on my data and... that wasn't working either. And my roommate's data isn't working either

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  someone you wont see again (@farleighvlogs) reported 48 minutes ago

  @Telstra fix your wifi right now i was playing roblox and seats in a game that i HAD TO SIT ON didnt load bc of your terrible wifi

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  Val (@mightgetthere) reported 49 minutes ago

  @DevMohali @Ausbobsmit I have met some really nice Indians, and I have met some that want to rip us off every chance they get. I will never again deal with an Indian or a Pakistani in telecommunications. I’m not sure but I think Telstra and Optus are a bit gun-shy well.

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  Dave Jones (@eevblog) reported 55 minutes ago

  UPDATE: Dodo contacted me and transferred the Telstra number manually. Said it could take two working days. Several hours later my Telstra SIM is now dead and the new Dodo SIM doesn't work. The website just shows "Order in progress". And now it's Friday night.

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  💜⚡️🦄 manda 🦄🐨🦘💚💛 (@aussieV8girl) reported 59 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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  JimBobSquarePants 🇺🇦 (@James_M_South) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Telstra Your customer service team are disgusting. They mixed up NBN and Optimcomm and not one person answered a single question I asked. Absolutely disgusting. I want to raise a formal complaint.

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  GregM (@Gmeister67) reported 60 minutes ago

  @WSWanderingEels @ardmorelad Yep Aus govt also own the NBN network who mainly use the Telstra network, amongst other smaller players. Everyone gets a drink

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 1 hour ago

  Working in regional NSW today and only @Telstra users could make calls. Optus: no signal. Vodafone: non‑existent. 2026 and we still don’t have a shared rural network? When one telco holds all the coverage, it’s not a choice - it’s a monopoly. #WakeUpAustralia #NannyStateNSW

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  Here4CarltonMeltdowns⚫️⚪️⚫️🇦🇺✊🏾🌊🏄‍♂️ (@camo2572) reported 1 hour 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