Canadians woke up Friday morning to a widespread network outage at Rogers that left many customers without mobile and internet service and caused trouble for 911 services, debit transactions and even Service Canada’s beleaguered passport offices.
A notice on the Toronto-based telecommunications company’s website said the outage was impacting both its wireless and home service customers and is also affecting phone and chat support.
The company also said it will be proactively crediting all customers, with more information to be made available soon.Article content “If your call fails, please try again, or call from a landline or cellphone with another provider,” Ottawa Police said on Twitter.Article content He said the government will use any tools at it disposal to ensure Canadians stay connected and the company meets the high standards Canadians deserve, but did not specify what those tools might be.
Kathryn Bowen, an independent fashion designer and Rogers phone and internet customer, spent Friday morning on the floor of a Starbucks in Toronto’s financial district, video conferencing clients including a sales agent from Paris. “We’re trying to see if comes back,” said Chen, an accounting associate at Imperial PFS Canada. “If it doesn’t, we’ll probably try and head back home, but my internet at home is also out.”
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