Telstra mobile outage in Rutherglen lasted days while parts were awaited
Rutherglen residents and businesses lost Telstra mobile service for much of the week before 11 November 2026, with replacement hardware not arriving until Saturday, the Corowa Free Press and Shepparton News reported.
Telstra's mobile network in Rutherglen, in North East Victoria, went offline for much of the week before 11 November 2026 because of a hardware malfunction. The outage was reported by Ian Johnson in a story published by both the Corowa Free Press and the Shepparton News on Wednesday 11 November 2026.
Replacement parts for the faulty equipment did not arrive until Saturday, so the network stayed down for much of the intervening period. Residents and businesses across the area were left without mobile service while they waited.
Nick Hawtin, who owns the Rutherglen business Caffeine 'n' Machine, said some businesses could potentially have lost thousands of dollars because of the outage. His comment points to the commercial cost the loss of mobile coverage had for local traders, in addition to the disruption for households.