[outages] Canadawide Rogers Wireless outage

[Rich Lafferty]

I feel kind of weird sending an update that just says “yep, still out”, but it’s uncommon for a national wireless carrier to have a multi-hour outage, so:

Yep, still out.

Further coverage as we approach the *eleventh* hour:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-outage-1.5992954

Since this is consumer wireless there are no NOC updates etc. and Rogers has not been forthcoming with details.

(One side element I find interesting: A lot of reporting has mentioned that the outage is most prevalent in [list of major Canadian cities] “according to downdetector.com”, but since DownDetector reflects absolute # of user reports, I suspect that is only saying that major cities have more people in them.)

-Rich

Rich Lafferty
rich at lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
Toronto, Canada
http://www.lafferty.ca


On Apr 19, 2021, 1:55 PM -0400, Rich Lafferty , wrote:
> Rogers Wireless (one of Canada’s big three-or-so phone providers) is experiencing a Canada-wide outage, starting around 08:00 Eastern time (-0400) and still ongoing as of now (13:52). Affecting calls, text and wireless data, and specifically 911 callbacks. Home/business wired internet is unaffected.
>
> Timing is particularly bad as a couple of provinces have opened COVID vaccinations up to new age groups as of this week and pharmacies are relying on text and calls to notify availability.
>
> Coverage:
>
> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/19/rogers-customers-experience-canada-wide-network-outage-emergency-services-and-physicians-warn-of-disruptions.html
>
>
>  -Rich
>
> Rich Lafferty
> rich at lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
>
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