Telstra outages and service status in Portsmith, Queensland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Portsmith, Queensland

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Portsmith, Queensland and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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Telstra Issues Reports Near Portsmith, Queensland

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Portsmith and nearby locations:

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  💉💉💉 Granville in FNQ 😷 (@Granville4879) reported 5 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @toninicho I am now, seriously, thinking of changing my carrier after years of being with Optus Problem is Telstra cost me a first full money last time I was with them and I dropped Vodaphone over their poor customer service.

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  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Granville (don't call me Bot)🚢🇦🇺 (@Granville4879) reported 6 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @abcnews So my experience using IIG was a dream, just dealing with Telstra in the lead up was a horror and why I am no longer their customer.

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  Barry Fewquandie (@BFewy66) reported 6 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @jriewolod @Telstra You can contact OPAN Older person’s advocacy Network for free advice and support to get justice and a full refund. The Australian Competition Consumer Commission ACCC can also assist with unfair contacts that over promise and under deliver on contractual agreements. 1800 700 600

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  💧🔥🌱Tyson Munro (@tysonmjmunro) reported 12 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @Telstra may I just say how frustrating it is to accomplish simple tasks via your silly chat system in the app, a simple messagebank change should not take 2 months of waiting days for a reply, then when I reply being kicked back to the bot! Fix it or answer calls! #TelstrFail

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  Jamie (@scibidoo) reported 13 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @mig_loren @bencmorrison I have my iPhone and iPad on Telstra SIM with shared data.255gb shared. It's come down over the years but the convenience of an esim when travelling is pretty cool. Still expensive if you just use the Apple provider interface.

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  Peter Stefanovic (@PsStefanovic) reported 23 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @Telstra And that has not been the only issue , only the most recent Other issues were with security and i won't give details in an open forum

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  Moods Moody (@MoodsMoody) reported 23 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  Worst NBN plans and providers revealed in new report Biggest scam going way to much for any internet way over budget way over cost.And to have Telstra run makes even a bigger con job .. Good one Rudd you fool ..How much Rudd

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  Jake Jeffreys (@jeffreys_jake) reported 39 minutes ago from Meringa, Queensland

  @BazzaCC @Telstra Same thing here. Not only lost nearly all signal,now missing work jobs,,,,because calls and emails not coming through( get allocations on daily basis). In the same period,increased my contract. Also convinced my elderly neighbour same bullshit and deal with NBN.BLOODY SCAM

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  Kate Cunningham (@KateHamilton88) reported 42 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  Let me guess @Telstra you want me to call your incompetent staff again... HOW ABOUT FIX THE PROBLEM NOW!!!! 2000236045330 otherwise I'm taking my 2 mobiles (BYO), NBN and foxtel to another provider..

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  WogBoy (@WoggBoy78) reported 54 minutes ago from Cairns, Queensland

  @Telstra anyone know what is causing the outage in Torres Strait..

Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Michael Abbott (@AgentAbbey) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Telstra Doncaster internet outages. Any customer credits for inconvenience on a busy Sat

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  oneonethreeinvesting (@113investing) reported 7 minutes ago

  @_shanmoho @hasselljpb @Telstra They 'upgraded' to 5G down here last year and killing the 4G network in the process. Hahahaha .Had to switch to a different provider.

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  Val (@mightgetthere) reported 9 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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  Chad (@OTheChad) reported 16 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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  Pelli69 (@pelli_69) reported 19 minutes ago

  anyone else with @Optus ? Have spent almost 6 hours with them online today trying to arrange an NBN service for when I move, transferred to numerous different agents only to have them tell me thay cant help me as originally promised. @Telstra here I come

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  AlexH (@DryToast2810) reported 21 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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  Robyn 🇦🇺🇮🇱🇺🇸✝️🙏🏼 (@rightasrain100) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Kate3015 It’d really not that hard to spot but to the untrained eye they always look legitimate. My husband a case in point. He doesn’t click on the link but always asks me how to deal with it. Every time I,show- block the email via,the contact card, delete, simple. Government departments never send you anything, just a notification to go to My Gov. Telstra has the email in the App. If it’s not there it’s not real. There are couple I can think of.

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  JimBobSquarePants 🇺🇦 (@James_M_South) reported 26 minutes ago

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

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  𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝕾𝖐𝖞𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖎 © (@skylarusi) reported 26 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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  Mr musk ⭐️🇺🇸🚀 (@Mrmuskh4l5l) reported 28 minutes ago

  @c__future6 This is how the whole thing started when I sent $500 for a VIP Telstra Tesla membership card and never got the Tesla I won! That was my fault and now you’re trying to make this my fault I would think two guys working for Elon Musk would be a little bit smarter than this.