There’s some sort major outage that seems to be affecting many Canadians. According to Canadian Outages, cellphones, Internet, TV and phone lines are down for people across the country. Specifically those on Bell and Telus. By extension those on Virgin and Koodo are also affected as those brands are owned by Bell and Telus respectively. Outage reports are coming in from Halifax, Toronto, St. John’s, Dartmouth, Moncton, Ottawa, Saint John, Fredericton, Mississauga, Calgary and Sydney.
This a a major problem because according to the CBC, it’s affecting critical services such as people’s ability to dial 911:
A spokesperson for the Nova Scotia government’s Emergency Management Office says 911 service itself is not being impacted, but people whose phones are down may not be able to call.
Nova Scotia’s Emergency Health Services has ordered all ambulances and on-duty crews to return to their stations and monitor their tablets for emergency calls.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this to provide any updates as they develop.
UPDATE: There are now reports via Canadian Outages that Rogers has issues as well as Bell Aliant.
UPDATE #2: It seems you can take Rogers off the list in terms of outages in Atlantic Canada based on what I am seeing on social media.
UPDATE #3: It is becoming clear that cellular phones are affected by this outage as the CBC story that I linked to indicates that landlines are apparently not affected.
UPDATE #4: The CBC story has changed to say that its both landlines and cell phones that are affected by this outage. CBC also confirms that Rogers is not affected by this.
UPDATE #5: We have a cause for this epic outage:
UPDATE #6: Service is apparently being restored.
UPDATE #7: Apparently service has been restored (Bell) or on its way to being restored (Telus).
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BREAKING: Phone Service Down For Many Canadians
There’s some sort major outage that seems to be affecting many Canadians. According to Canadian Outages, cellphones, Internet, TV and phone lines are down for people across the country. Specifically those on Bell and Telus. By extension those on Virgin and Koodo are also affected as those brands are owned by Bell and Telus respectively. Outage reports are coming in from Halifax, Toronto, St. John’s, Dartmouth, Moncton, Ottawa, Saint John, Fredericton, Mississauga, Calgary and Sydney.
This a a major problem because according to the CBC, it’s affecting critical services such as people’s ability to dial 911:
A spokesperson for the Nova Scotia government’s Emergency Management Office says 911 service itself is not being impacted, but people whose phones are down may not be able to call.
Nova Scotia’s Emergency Health Services has ordered all ambulances and on-duty crews to return to their stations and monitor their tablets for emergency calls.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this to provide any updates as they develop.
UPDATE: There are now reports via Canadian Outages that Rogers has issues as well as Bell Aliant.
UPDATE #2: It seems you can take Rogers off the list in terms of outages in Atlantic Canada based on what I am seeing on social media.
UPDATE #3: It is becoming clear that cellular phones are affected by this outage as the CBC story that I linked to indicates that landlines are apparently not affected.
UPDATE #4: The CBC story has changed to say that its both landlines and cell phones that are affected by this outage. CBC also confirms that Rogers is not affected by this.
UPDATE #5: We have a cause for this epic outage:
UPDATE #6: Service is apparently being restored.
UPDATE #7: Apparently service has been restored (Bell) or on its way to being restored (Telus).
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