Canada's Nationwide Internet Outage Has No ETA On Resolution

[PartySick 172,387]

Just now, Economy said:

But I know their normal monthly rate for unlimited home internet is well over $100 a month

GEEZ

I pay half that and I still think it's a lot omg.

1 minute ago, Economy said:

We have issues with Telecom monopolies as the vast majority of the market is controlled by 3 Giants

Are there no laws against monopolies in Canada? I mean, the US' laws don't do much to break up companies here and encourage competition but...still

3 minutes ago, Economy said:

But people bought the crap that American invading our market was bad, and thru that heavy lobbying the 3 Giants kept their monopoly intact

Verizon is one of the better providers too, I believe

A shame

[LaLa 19,898]

23 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I can hear Canadian Blockbuster Video stores getting their hopes up

I worked at Blockbuster when I was in uni 

Rogers Video was our nemesis, and looks like we were proven right!!!!!  

[Economy 52,837]

10 minutes ago, PartySick said:

GEEZ

I pay half that and I still think it's a lot omg.

Are there no laws against monopolies in Canada? I mean, the US' laws don't do much to break up companies here and encourage competition but...still

Verizon is one of the better providers too, I believe

A shame

There is supposed to be laws against monopolies and as a general rule most sectors do not have a handful of companies control everything

 

The two biggest exceptions is Telecom (3 companies) and Banking with "The Big 5" as we call them are 5 Banks that make up almost 90% of Canada's Banking: RBC, Toronto Dominion (TD), Bank Of Montreal, CIBC and Bank Of Nova Scotia 

 

In the case of banking I know there is not much desire to break it up because larger banks are seen as safer and more stable so instead they are just heavily regulated to prevent total gouging

 

In the case of Telecoms I'm not sure what's going on there. There are many smaller companies that are technically under the 3 Giants umbrella and I wonder if that somehow gives them a technical loophole as far as monopolies go.

 

I just know it's insane the prices we pay vs everywhere else. We had a chance to get major new competition years ago and people literally chose to pressure the government not to allow more competition

[PartySick 172,387]

5 minutes ago, LaLa said:

I worked at Blockbuster when I was in uni 

Rogers Video was our nemesis, and looks like we were proven right!!!!!  

I miss video stores tbh

I'd go look at Dragon Ball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh movies, Looney Tunes dvds, and such and my grandpa would go to that room behind the beaded curtain that I wish I never learned about 

Good times

[PartySick 172,387]

1 minute ago, Economy said:

In the case of Telecoms I'm not sure what's going on there. There are many smaller companies that are technically under the 3 Giants umbrella and I wonder if that somehow gives them a technical loophole as far as monopolies go.

You'd think parent companies themselves would be subject to the laws, not the individual franchises

It's like snack foods here (I deal with a lot of vendors in my work, don't judge ). You would be surprised how much is owned by Pepsi Co. Even competing brands of snack foods are owned by the same corporation. Seems like it should be illegal

3 minutes ago, Economy said:

I just know it's insane the prices we pay vs everywhere else. We had a chance to get major new competition years ago and people literally chose to pressure the government not to allow more competition

Why allow capitalism to do the one good thing it actually does?

[GregJA 5,530]

I don’t have anything Roger’s related so I’m completely unaffected. Looks like a mess tho!

[LaLuna 12,732]

Yeah it was really fun. Went to the convenience store this morning only for the clerk to tell me I couldn't pay with my debit card (he knows that's how I always pay for my stuff) and I didn't have any cash on me, I stopped carrying cash at the beginning of the pandemic 

What I didn't know though is that an Internet outage with Rogers could affect payment machines across the country. That's just wild to me, and kind of scary. I've always hated Rogers but now I hate them even more 

But I feel we've become way too reliant on the Internet and technology in general. When there's an outage it's like the world suddenly stops spinning and we can't function anymore. Like, most people basically can't work if they don't have access to the Internet.

[OhHenny2020 2,822]

 

[Economy 52,837]

46 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Why allow capitalism to do the one good thing it actually does?

It was literally National Pride that got in the way. The Telecoms exploited the idea that an American Company coming into Canada was bad and ppl went with it.

 

The 1 major downside I hate about democracy is that people are stupid and uneducated and those stupid ppl have a lot of influence in what the government chooses to do. As a result many decisions are made on emotional whims than actual logical thinking that was thought thru 

 

Same goes for our housing shortage. One issue (among others) is that NYMBYs (Not In My Backyard) people manage to stop a lot of projects or at least slow them down in court. They literally strangle dense housing supply that is desperately needed from coming online

 

I hate it when the population demands things to their own detriment

[Economy 52,837]

40 minutes ago, LaLuna said:

Yeah it was really fun. Went to the convenience store this morning only for the clerk to tell me I couldn't pay with my debit card (he knows that's how I always pay for my stuff) and I didn't have any cash on me, I stopped carrying cash at the beginning of the pandemic 

What I didn't know though is that an Internet outage with Rogers could affect payment machines across the country. That's just wild to me, and kind of scary. I've always hated Rogers but now I hate them even more 

But I feel we've become way too reliant on the Internet and technology in general. When there's an outage it's like the world suddenly stops spinning and we can't function anymore. Like, most people basically can't work if they don't have access to the Internet.

Yeah. Fortunately I had cash on me but sometimes I don't cuz I mainly use credit card (cuz of the points and the credit history)

 

But this situation has made me decide that I'm always gonna have at least $40 in my wallet just in case

 

It's not even just a rare Nationwide outage. Every so often it happens some individual places machine is down and u gotta use cash. Just never hurts to have some on hand just in case

[LaLuna 12,732]

3 minutes ago, Economy said:

Yeah. Fortunately I had cash on me but sometimes I don't cuz I mainly use credit card (cuz of the points and the credit history)

 

But this situation has made me decide that I'm always gonna have at least $40 in my wallet just in case

 

It's not even just a rare Nationwide outage. Every so often it happens some individual places machine is down and u gotta use cash. Just never hurts to have some on hand just in case

Same, when I saw what was happening I immediately went to the ATM, I'm always gonna carry some cash from now on. Like you said, it can't hurt. 

[PunkTheFunk 125,703]

Omg it's been almost a full day...this is ridiculous 

[Guest]

It’s been such a nightmare today. I’ve never been so upset and stressed out in my life. I know, pathetic. I was on the phone with @Justin Drew Bieber when it happened at 5am and *POOF* … I was scared he thought I died from a nuclear attack or something. At least it’s slowly getting back to normal but my emotional state is permanently damaged… Long therapy sessions with JDB should help.