Telstra outages and service status in Atherton, Queensland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Atherton, Queensland

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  ACCAN (@ACCAN_AU) reported 8 minutes ago

  That's a wrap on @Techingov_AU in Canberra. Two consumer takeaways: new tech must work for everyone, not just the average user and trust in government services must be informed by consumers and measurable, including traceability of AI agents. Also a sharp breakdown of the Telstra outage from Frank den Hartog (Uni of Canberra). #TechinGov

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  Milkers CTO (@MILKERSBOUNCE) reported 9 minutes ago

  @cb_doge I speak for all of Australia. Bypass Telstra entirely and deliver the service directly. It would be the largest onboarding event ever seen.

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  RocketT🅰️nk123 (@RocketTank123) reported 11 minutes ago

  Apparently of the 604 failed emergency calls on Telstra network, only 172 were successful. This raises a question whether these calls were made in Telstra only cells. If yes, this raises a possible use case for satellite, for roaming carriers to beam to these cells for emergency.

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  Brian Basson (@BassonBrain) reported 13 minutes ago

  "Asia Pacific went from world first to regional wave in 18 months" In December 2024, One NZ’s Satellite TXT debuted as the region’s first Starlink D2D service, available at no cost to eligible customers. It spans approximately 40% of New Zealand’s total landmass, where terrestrial coverage is unavailable, as well as roughly 20 km offshore. KDDI followed in April 2025 with au Starlink Direct, Japan’s first D2D service, then added app data in August 2025, support for a limited set of bandwidth-light apps beyond texting, and the first D2D data service anywhere. Telstra launched Australia’s first satellite texting product in early June 2025. One NZ added app data, including WhatsApp voice calls, in February 2026. SoftBank and docomo launched in April 2026, making Japan the only market where three operators run live Starlink services. Globe became the latest in the sequence in June 2026 with the Philippines’ first commercial satellite-to-mobile permit from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

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  Ray Finkle (@itsrayfinkle) reported 16 minutes ago

  AusAlert cost ~$130 million to rollout. A 13x increase from the $10m initial budget. Here are the known costs and estimates: $10m Initial Planning Taskforce $60-70m Carrier access tolls (Telstra, Optus, TPG) $30m Security architecture & hardening $20-25m Foreign hardware + offshore managed services $5-10m Public awareness, testing & administration Want to know how each allocation is spent? Too bad. Contractors and government use "Commercial-in-Confidence" clauses to keep specific commercial margins and costs hidden from the public eye. A 1300% blowout with no accountability.

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  dylan (@dylxrrno) reported 16 minutes ago

  Is Telstra ******* down again

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  Elizabeth Ferrier (@Gigi8garlic) reported 17 minutes ago

  @telstra I need to sign in to My Telstra but my email address has changed & I no longer have access to the old email. When I try to register w new email it refers me back to the old email prompt. How do i change this?

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  Annie W 🍷🌺 (🧵anniew1303) annie-w@bsky.social (@AnnieW1303) reported 17 minutes ago

  @JBollingmoore Recently we’ve had a Sorry from Origin, Harvey Norman and Telstra for ripping off customers, leaking customer info or failing to provide a service. Not good enough 🤬🤬

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  Sport Nut (@SportNut007) reported 18 minutes ago

  @mikeoniron @Telstra @Starlink Telstra sucks. They connected my internet at my OLD address but still charged my new address I didn’t have anything with them but mobile ph at old address

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  💧Daren Connor 🇦🇺 (@connor_daren) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Telstra No it can’t when there is no wifi network.