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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  deirdre ritchie (@deirdreritchi10) reported 5 minutes ago

  @OhappySt Mine didn't go off. It was a great time to do it when Telstra is having issues over the next few days. They had sent me a message about that.

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  Soloutionz (@soloutionz) reported 6 minutes ago

  @QBCCIntegrity Will it work when some foreign hackers take down Telstra lol

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  ZettaWire (@ZettaWires) reported 7 minutes ago

  Telstra suffers major outage across Australia, disrupting trains, payments and emergency calls. Network serving 24.9 million mobile services hit by time-node issue; root cause under investigation. #Telstra #Australia

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  Richo (@Richo38896671) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Telstra @Jess_H19 What's that going to prove? For the last couple of days my Internet has been useless. I have tried to do a speed test but your link wouldn't open! The service at present is intermittent. When it works it's fine. A speed test is only a snap shot. When it doesn't it doesn't.

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  Paddy (@Dabatsau) reported 18 minutes ago

  @cookyourgarden @valuetainment They dont have lowband spectrum in Australia (nor in the US) without doing a deal with existing providers (Telstra & Optus) so dont get your hopes up. The spectrum they do have is mid band and would require phone manufacturers to support it, also needs a clear path to the sky to work.

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  Muskonomy (@muskonomy) reported 19 minutes ago

  NEWS: Starlink and Telstra expand satellite to mobile from texts to apps in an Australian first Eligible Telstra customers can now use select apps like Google Maps, WhatsApp and Apple Weather over Starlink Mobile in areas beyond the reach of the mobile network, with a clear view of the sky. In 13 months of satellite messaging, Telstra says customers have sent more than 26 million texts, with over 2.9 million users connecting and daily connections climbing from about 80,000 at launch to more than 200,000. (Source: Telstra, July 28, 2026)

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  GainsMax (@GainsMax168031) reported 20 minutes ago

  The rapidly advancing Starlink system should scare any Australian Telco. I hope the Telstra monopoly on the market gets broken up to the point that they're forced to lower prices. The service we get for Telstra, considering how much we pay is a joke. Any company that moves its operations overseas purely because labour is cheaper deserves to be outcompeted by companies that actually invest in local jobs, innovation, and customer service. If your entire business model relies on cutting wages instead of building a better product, don't be surprised when someone with better technology comes along and makes you irrelevant. Consumers shouldn't be expected to pay premium prices for declining service while executives celebrate another cost cutting exercise.

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  Mark A (@MarkA5859) reported 20 minutes ago

  I really am angry the LNP rooted the NBN. Now I have to seriously consider Musk’s Starlink for my Internet especially since both Telstra & Optus have & are having issues.

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  BeefyGold6669 (@BeefyGold6669) reported 20 minutes ago

  @sanpellyenjoyer I swear that one in the teal shirt was Steve from Dell tech support. And the one next to him was Randy from Telstra

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  Svyatoslav Pidgorny 🇺🇦🇦🇺 (@Slav636) reported 22 minutes ago

  @rpotter_9 Telstra time server downed part of Telstra network, but I can’t readily think of anything that will down all three. Except maybe the GPS.