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Ruhroh someone forgot to add a few 1110110011's to the provider line again eh ?????

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J. Hellenthal

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> On Apr 19, 2021, at 13:00, Rich Lafferty via Outages <outages@outages.org> 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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
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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@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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
>

In the last couple of days we've been in a moderate geomagnetic storm.
They're known to disrupt communication systems, especially at higher
latitudes. Although Rich's above article mentions the outage due to an
update, it's another piece to the puzzle to watch while outages happen.

You can view the current level here:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index




On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 6:34 PM Rich Lafferty via Outages <
outages@outages.org> wrote:

> 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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
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> 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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
> <https://twitter.com/mendel> <https://twitter.com/mendel>
> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty>
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Starting to see anecdotal recovery now in Vancouver, BC.

On Mon., Apr. 19, 2021, 15:37 Rich Lafferty via Outages <outages@outages.org>
wrote:

> 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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
> <https://twitter.com/mendel> <https://twitter.com/mendel>
> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty>
> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty>
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> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> <https://github.com/wlonkly>
> <https://github.com/wlonkly> <https://mendel.tumblr.com>
> <https://mendel.tumblr.com>
> 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@lafferty.ca / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada
> http://www.lafferty.ca
>
> <https://twitter.com/mendel> <https://twitter.com/mendel>
> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty>
> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty>
> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly>
> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> <https://github.com/wlonkly>
> <https://github.com/wlonkly> <https://mendel.tumblr.com>
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>
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Seems to be a software upgrade gone bad

https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/a-message-from-jorge-fernandes-chief-technology-officer-at-rogers/

Starting to see some recovery in Ontario outside of Toronto. Ottawa to
east of Toronto, and Waterloo, Hamilton and London seem to have
recovered as well as my one site in Calgary AB that I monitor.

    ---Mike


On 4/19/2021 6:52 PM, Hugo Slabbert via Outages wrote:
> Starting to see anecdotal recovery now in Vancouver, BC. 
>
> On Mon., Apr. 19, 2021, 15:37 Rich Lafferty via Outages
> <outages@outages.org <mailto:outages@outages.org>> wrote:
>
> 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
> <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
> <http://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@lafferty.ca <mailto:rich@lafferty.ca> / 647-377-1165
> Toronto, Canada 
> http://www.lafferty.ca <http://www.lafferty.ca>
>
> <https://twitter.com/mendel> 
> <https://twitter.com/mendel> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> 
> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty> 
> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> 
> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> 
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> <https://github.com/wlonkly> 
> <https://github.com/wlonkly> <https://mendel.tumblr.com> 
> <https://mendel.tumblr.com>
> 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
>> <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@lafferty.ca <mailto:rich@lafferty.ca> / 647-377-1165
>> Toronto, Canada 
>> http://www.lafferty.ca <http://www.lafferty.ca>
>>
>> <https://twitter.com/mendel> 
>> <https://twitter.com/mendel> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> 
>> <https://facebook.com/richlafferty> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty> 
>> <https://linkedin.com/in/richlafferty> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> 
>> <https://instagram.com/wlonkly> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> 
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mendel> <https://github.com/wlonkly> 
>> <https://github.com/wlonkly> <https://mendel.tumblr.com> 
>> <https://mendel.tumblr.com>
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