Canadian telecom Rogers is suffering a major outage affecting landline phones, cellular connections, and internet connectivity throughout Canada that started early this morning. Downdetector listed thousands of reports for the issues that flooded in as people started to get up around 5AM ET and couldn’t get online. Rogers first addressed […]
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Rogers executives on Monday walked MPs through the chaos that unfolded earlier this month when what they called a “truly unprecedented incident” took down the “brain” of the company’s network. The company’s new chief technology officer, Ron McKenzie, said it was a coding error that triggered the widespread network failure […]
Rogers services are back online for most customers after a daylong outage at the telecom giant that left millions of Canadians without internet and cellular service, while also disrupting government services and payment systems. Some individual users saw their internet connections and cellphones come back to life Friday evening, and an update sent to […]
Comment on this story Comment A network outage at one of Canada’s telecom giants has hobbled mobile and internet services around the country for hours since Friday, affecting homes, businesses, ATMs and 911 emergency lines. Canadians flocked to coffee shops for WiFi. Banks reported problems with payment systems, and retailers […]
People use the wifi outside the Rogers store in Toronto’s Fairview Mall on July 8.Yader Guzman/The Globe and Mail Rogers Communications Inc. RCI-A-T CEO Tony Staffieri says the telecom is working to “fully understand the root cause” of a widespread network outage that disrupted internet and cellular service around the […]
Rogers headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images A major outage of Rogers Communications mobile and internet networks caused widespread disruptions across Canada on Friday, affecting banks, police emergency lines and customers in the second outage to hit one of the […]
Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications has experienced an hours-long network outage, disrupting services for businesses, banks and emergency services across the country and forcing many Canadians to scramble to find internet access. Customers gathered at coffee shops and public libraries to access alternate networks on Friday, while financial institutions reported […]