Category: Internet outage

Rogers Pledges Investments to Prevent Future Disruption of Key Services

July 14, 2022
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Rogers says it’s making more investments to ensure the public has access to 9-1-1 and other essential services following a nationwide network outage that disrupted emergency call systems in several provinces. “You have my personal commitment that Rogers will make every change and investment needed to help ensure that it will not happen again,” Rogers…

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Rogers Outage: What Happened and What’s Being Done

July 12, 2022
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The Rogers network outage that began on July 8 affected government services, businesses, banking systems, and in some cases, even 911 emergency calls. Many Canadians were unable to make phone calls or use the internet, and incoming travellers couldn’t access the government’s ArriveCan app to submit the information required to go through customs. Here’s a…

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Chorus of Demands for More Competition in Canada’s Telecom Industry After Rogers Outage

July 9, 2022
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Critics and members of the opposition are calling for an investigation into the July 8 Rogers outage, as the telecom service provider scrambles to restore internet and phone services to millions of affected Canadians. The outage that occurred in the early morning of July 8 has caused problems connecting to 911 in Toronto and Winnipeg,…

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Numerous Websites Briefly Go Down in Global Outage Linked to Akamai Technologies

July 23, 2021
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Major websites of banks, airlines, and big retailers went down Thursday in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, Costco and Delta showed error messages around midday Eastern time. They seemed to be operating normally, however, by 12:45 p.m. Other websites temporarily down included Expedia, American Express, and Home…

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Google Restores Services After Multiple Users Face Outage

June 29, 2021
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Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc’s search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services late Monday before services were restored, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. Platforms including Google, YouTube, and Gmail were down, with users citing issues with login and accessing the website in parts of North America,…

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