Massive Rogers outage snarling telecom, banking and government services continues [View all]
A massive outage at Rogers has brought down internet and cellular service across Canada, and has also interrupted government services and payment systems for businesses and individuals.
The outage began some time early Friday morning, and as of 5 p.m. ET had not been fixed.
The company does not have an estimate when the day-long outage will be fixed, said Kye Prigg, Rogers' senior vice-president of access networks and operations, on CBC's Power & Politics.
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"Debit is currently unavailable online and at checkout. Interac e-transfer is also widely unavailable, impacting the ability to send and receive payments."
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The Toronto Police Service tweeted that Rogers customers in that city were having trouble connecting to 911, but stressed that the 911 service itself was working properly, as long as people weren't calling from a Rogers-affiliated device.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-outage-cell-mobile-wifi-1.6514373
Rogers is in the process of purchasing Shaw, another provider, and if both had gone down this would be even more widespread and potentially catastrophic in its effect, imo.
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