How the mass Rogers outage is affecting service in Hamilton
Global News
A number of support agencies in Hamilton say they have been affected by the Rogers outage and that users may have issues with internet, mobile services and electronic transactions.
A mass Rogers outage has been affecting users across Canada Friday, impacting phone, internet and Interac services.
The company didn’t acknowledge the issue until just before 9 a.m. ET, leaving users in the dark for hours about when they might be able to use their devices again.
The outage affected services throughout the country, including cellphone access, 911 call centres, financial transactions and more.
Reports of the outage have piled up on an outage tracker webpage — with complaints coming from coast to coast.
Over 15,000 Rogers users in Toronto have submitted a complaint, as well as thousands in Montréal, Brampton, and Ottawa. Hundreds of users everywhere from Halifax, N.S. and Victoria B.C. have also reported issues.
The outage is also reportedly impacting ATMs and interac machines across the country, according to reports on social media.
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