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Australians affected by nationwide Telstra outage

Telstra users are being affected by a nationwide outage this morning.

According to the website Downdetector, the issue started to peak at about 6:30am when more than 7,500 Telstra users were unable t

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will they refund this three hours?
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No payday today !
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I take it Telstra will not compensate people again. And whos head will roll this time.
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@gor4988 From YouTube ↗ 8 Jul 2026 7
We're all far to depend on a fragile infrastructure, one part goes down and the consequences ripple throughout
VLine trains is a worrying victim I didn't think off
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Imagine if there was a massive Electricity outage.. you are all fked .. Cash is king, The old ways of doing things was more reliable.. its just gonna get worse
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Lmao I thought it was my phone thanks
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REASONS why not to go digital for payments and everything on your phone!...
The issue is NO GUARANTEES that it wont happen again!
ITs guaranteed it won't be the last... and many to come randomly.
I'm surprised the media hasn't blamed it on China going to invade Australia while we don't have RORTAUS invisible subs!
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Cash is king 👑
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Thank you for the update I thought I was in a dead zone
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We have to charge you more so we can make more people redundant and give you less service.
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'Anyone got a spare $50"............
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Lets go fully digital online for all things, like ID, Cashless etc etc etc etc.
What could possibly GO WRONG, it's Only Telstra this time, and only a few hours.
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@JBP-s21 From YouTube ↗ 8 Jul 2026 61
Just another reason why we must keep cash & have no Digital ID's
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Telstra always have problems
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Anything to do with China chucking bombs around in the ocean?
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Who’s been affected by Telstra outages like me?😅
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So will Telstra compensate customers?
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thanks telstra for putting the prices up
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@mlm3493 From YouTube ↗ 7 Jul 2026 31
Thanks for the update. Thought it was my phone!
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@66sprint From YouTube ↗ 7 Jul 2026 35
Only Telstra can make a Smartphone a dumb phone