Telstra outages and service status in George Town, Tasmania

Problems in the last 24 hours in George Town, Tasmania

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in George Town, Tasmania 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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Trajan (@foxandhound71) reported 2 minutes ago

  @VoteLewko @Starlink @Telstra is shameful. Continue to increase their prices but I cant service 45 minutes out of Melbourne.

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  Funkdoctor (@Docsthename) reported 3 minutes ago

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

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  Chad (@OTheChad) reported 4 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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  jess 🌙💍 (@talkingj3ss) reported 6 minutes ago

  @polisnotokay LITERALLY TELSTRA GET UR **** TOGETHER

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  SmartyPantsSurfer (@BowllGeoffrey) reported 6 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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  Brian Kendig (@bkendig) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Telstra If you'll let me message you directly, I'll provide your customer's Telstra ID and my email address that he somehow put on his account. Thank you for your help!

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  y (@yuyan497) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Samantha7ey it's the telstra network 😭

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  Marcus King (@Marc_Melb) reported 15 minutes ago

  @VoteLewko @Starlink Unfortunately Low Earth Orbit / Starlink systems won't replace terrestrial service (like Telstra) for many years because they can't provide the bandwidth across multiple frequencies (yet) that are needed to service all of the customers - particularly in population dense areas.

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  t ♡ (@jopperatenzos) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Teh_Jkr @Optus happened to me so I changed to Boost who are cheaper. they’re on the Telstra network too!

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  ₿ 💥 (@teslantir) reported 21 minutes ago

  Google + Telstra announced an Australia/ APAC connectivity partnership for Al-era workloads. Google will secure inter-city dark fiber capacity on Telstra's Aura Network, and Telstra will access fiber pairs on Google's Tabua, Proa, and Bulikula subsea cable systems. Telstra says Aura already has 8,000+ km laid. $GOOG