Staying with the inlaws that use Rogers' reseller for wired internet. Using Fido for mobile internet access (also by Rogers). Zero internet. It's wild to discover how reliant I am on the internet: - Can't get around this city (no waze, gmaps). - Can't figure out what's going on (AM radio is non stop commercials) - Can't figure out where we might get some internet (maybe WeWork somewhere? How do you find one without i…
Still no internet at all? I have a suspicion that you found some…
The HN downtime was to add a post-by-postal feature
Interac is down because Interac uses Rogers' network. Interac's backup network also happens to be with ... Rogers. Canadians across the country can't use debit cards, regardless of their financial institution. Credit and cash only. E-transfers are unavailable. Fun for people trying to pay their bills online. And that's just the financial side of the situation. Millions of people have lost Internet and phone service.…
It's hard to understate the impact of this across all of Canada. As someone who uses Apple Pay for almost every transaction, this underlines the fragility of a "cashless society." Also, around half my team are unable to effectively work today. We all work remote, and half the team's home internet is on Rogers, which is down. Some people are tethering, but people who are also on Rogers for their wireless are out of lu…
You don't need an internet connection to use Apple Pay. Unless you mean you didn't use credit cards before, the situation has been the same for the last 20-30 years when we stopped using carbon paper imprints.
I'm using a Roger's number in India currently. Unfortunately, I've been using that number for most of my 2FA so essentially, I've been unable to access a lot of services because of this (ones where I didn't use Authy/Google Authenticator). Lesson learnt: use a separate VoIP business phone number instead.
Same here in the US. Which service will you port to?
In Toronto, here's a small and non-exhaustive list of affected services: - Point of sale machines. Supermarkets are accepting only cash. - ATMs. Several banks are incapable of dispensing cash. - Public transit ticketing systems. The TTC is effectively running for free, today. - Public bicycle rental stations. - Public parking locations. How long before the public realizes that we are not Rogers' customers, but its ho…
> Point of sale machines. Supermarkets are accepting only cash
> ATMs. Several banks are incapable of dispensing cash
I'm using a Roger's number in India currently. Unfortunately, I've been using that number for most of my 2FA so essentially, I've been unable to access a lot of services because of this (ones where I didn't use Authy/Google Authenticator). Lesson learnt: use a separate VoIP business phone number instead.
Same here in the US. Which service will you port to?
I'm just using OpenPhone now for services tied to my startup.
At least, I'd be getting verification codes without having to worry about the service being down.
In Toronto, here's a small and non-exhaustive list of affected services: - Point of sale machines. Supermarkets are accepting only cash. - ATMs. Several banks are incapable of dispensing cash. - Public transit ticketing systems. The TTC is effectively running for free, today. - Public bicycle rental stations. - Public parking locations. How long before the public realizes that we are not Rogers' customers, but its ho…
> Point of sale machines. Supermarkets are accepting only cash > ATMs. Several banks are incapable of dispensing cash Back to bartering.
At my local supermarket debit was down but credit card (Visa) was working.