Telstra outages and service status in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales 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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  Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported 3 minutes ago

  STOP HANGING UP ON CUSTOMERS TELSTRA WHEN THEY NEED HELP: Give us a call. Please give us a call on the following number. 1800 882 389 We look forward to assisting you with any queries you have related to your experience

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  joe_blogswa Free Palestine (@joe_blogswa) reported 7 minutes ago

  @marie19705 @Telstra i ditched them went to Aldi they use the telstra network and the data rolles over

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  jayzco (@jayzcoz) reported 9 minutes ago

  @gasugasu1984 I’ve used Belong premium, $95/mth, 100/17mbps. FTTN. They use Telstra service. Northern VIC. I find the speed ok for (tv) streaming, but lm not using any video computer development software. I haven’t done a speed test. Likely cheaper services available.

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 10 minutes ago

  Regional reality check: Telstra = service. Optus = maybe. Vodafone = forget it. If only one network works outside the cities, that’s not a market — that’s a monopoly.

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  MyBrainHurts🍸 ⚰️ (@CountessAu) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Telstra, how about you stop sending pointless notifications at 5am before I lodge a formal complaint to the TIO for disturbing my peace and quiet enjoyment. Like sleep. Morons.

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  BLUE (@BLUE04699289) reported 16 minutes ago

  @KymRob25112 No idea in Qld. But in Sydney Telstra has sadly become the only option. The complete mess up with triple zero calls ( carrier errors) no mistake in that. The tower's aren't coping with this change. Regional with fewer options. That's harsh. Hope 🙏

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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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  This Dalek's Workday 🇺🇦💉💉💉 (@YUHeff2BSoGreen) reported 17 minutes ago

  ai isn't as scary as the blind trust some people have of whatever ai-tainted search result sits at the top of the page. this guy at the telstra shop tried to tell me an 11 digit number starting with 1888 was the boost support number. we don't have phone numbers that long.

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  JimBobSquarePants 🇺🇦 (@James_M_South) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Telstra Your customer service team are disgusting. They mixed up NBN and Optimcomm and not one person answered a single question I asked. Absolutely disgusting. I want to raise a formal complaint.

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  People of Internet (@PeopleOfNet) reported 19 minutes ago

  The real risk isn't SpaceX leaving — it just launched DtD with Telstra in June 2025. The risk is one MNO-satellite tie-up controlling the entire mobile-satellite layer. The fix: use-it-or-lose-it milestones + open access licence terms.