Telstra outages and service status in Bendigo, Victoria

Problems in the last 24 hours in Bendigo, Victoria

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Bendigo, Victoria 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 Bendigo, Victoria

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

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  Paul Pickford (@PaulPickford) reported 3 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @Telstra Thanks Renee, I will try again I think the only solution is a new tower. I have spoken to the Telstra regional manager who mentioned Hazeldenes chickens (Business) may be putting in their own tower in Lockwood that may help.

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  Keef (@KeithMacqueen) reported 14 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @Hammyhamster10 @TurnbullMalcolm Having a great time with the NBN getting choked and my connection all but disappearing. All the while being told the NBN isn’t down by Telstra. Joke - and a pretty poor one at that.

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  Coel May (@coelmay) reported 16 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  Every time I go to #Woolies #KenningtonVillage I consider switching from @amaysimAU to a provider on the #Telstra network. That's how bad reception is.

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  Tracey Marshall (@tracey_68) reported 23 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @Telstra Good Afternoon, what is happening with 4g in Kangaroo Flat, Victoria. We have no service. Not happy.

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  Paul Pickford (@PaulPickford) reported 23 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @JaseRicho Make Aussie Broadband get a tech around, same thing happened to my neighbour (same company). They had to wait months to get it right, technician was the only one who could trace the problem. I went with Telstra and had it on in a week.

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  Brian Turner (@turnerbt3351) reported 32 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  Does anyone know how you get a staff member at Telstra to respond to a service issue you have? If you have a solution to this one that would be good.

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  Emma D'Agostino (@amassedmedia) reported 36 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  Telstra is moving away from 3G as it looks to 4G and 5G as its networks of the future. According to Telstra, the 4G coverage outside my house should be good. So long as you can place a call outside, they don’t seem to think it’s a serious issue.

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  Rob Stephenson FRSA (@RobBendigo) reported 49 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @Telstra Yes - Telstra eventually disconnected the service after we took the issue to the Telco Ombudsman. Happy to keep this discussion going in public, but the next chapter will get ugly, if you ask, “Why?”!

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  Debbie dean (@debbiedean1966) reported 50 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @Telstra After not getting service 2yrs I’ve paid for full package,foxtel which I rarely can use cause there is no internet .. after 22 yrs of being a customer they said I have 2 choices .. wait 3-4 months for nbn to be connected and get $20 off my bill ... or leave !!!!!

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  💧Rob Stephenson FRSA (@RobBendigo) reported 55 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  @joshua_eaton I still remember my grandparents’ number - I’m sure it caused problems for some of grandma’s friends after Pa died, she moved into care, and Telstra reassigned it to a “massage” parlour. I never got around to calling them before the police raided them!

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  Rob Stephenson FRSA (@RobBendigo) reported 58 minutes ago from Bendigo, Victoria

  Blast from the past - have had a 2021/22 telephone book delivered this morning! Still has a number for my Mum, who died five years ago, on a phone service that was disconnected after Dad died thirteen years ago! @Telstra #Catchup

Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Lynette (@lynettekc) reported 8 minutes ago

  @MikeCarlton01 **** Telstra 🤬

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 13 minutes 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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  Kranky Kath (@kathtatts) reported 15 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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  Veritas (@jarro56) reported 17 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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  Aino (@partywuuu) reported 17 minutes ago

  @hobojo12345678 **** Telstra

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  SNOOPREY (@SNOOPREY77) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Telstra U guys lost a multi million dollar settlement for mislead indigenous ppl in rural areas not that long ago. Why u lying. All big corporations try shady crap and deny deny deny and still play it off as no big deal .

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  “Sash” Emmanuelle Somerset-Beauverie (@chicpussykat) reported 21 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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  Chad (@OTheChad) reported 21 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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  X- Y Bailey 🇦🇺🇳🇿 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇮🇹 (@Bailey92035278) reported 26 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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  rockyandralph (@rockyandralph) reported 26 minutes ago

  @AFL @Telstra Poor bastard