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Re: Rogers Canada, please fix the damn internet in Canada

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Post by shyn3 »

bawolff wrote: post #16
shyn3 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Change your DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 4.4.4.4 for secondary that should get you going for now.

Is this actually true? If the entire internet is routable but dns is screwing anything that is not major player, that raises a whole host of other questions and is inconsistent with everything i have heard about this outage so far

The original outage wouldn't be circumvented by this however in this person's case they local Rogers resolvers or third party were probably just getting online so they were serving their local resources which is why the bigger entities were loading. So this just piggy backed into their DNS. That's was my thinking anyways.

Re: Rogers Canada, please fix the damn internet in Canada

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Post by mthoms »

tonyarkles wrote: post #84
RandyRanderson wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's closer to: CIA -> CSIS (intelligence) FBI -> RCMP (federal police) HN, please correct me if I'm wrong!

Close, except for an important nuance: CSIS is primarily for domestic intelligence and security and doesn’t do much foreign work. From what I understand, the CIA isn’t supposed to work domestically; for CSIS, working domestically is in their charter. From what I recall, CSIS was established after the FLQ Crisis in the 1970s, when the government realized that having a single organization responsible for clandestine do…

CSIS does foreign work. They are responsible for anything related to national security. Internal and external.

From Wiki:

“There is no restriction in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act on where CSIS may collect "security intelligence" or information relating to threats to the security of Canada.[31] The agency may collect information on threats to Canada or Canadians from anywhere in the world. While CSIS is often viewed as a defensive security intelligence agency, it is not a strictly domestic agency. CSIS officers work partly domestically and often internationally in their efforts to monitor and counter threats to Canadian security”

Re: Rogers Canada, please fix the damn internet in Canada

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Post by tistoon »

RandyRanderson wrote: post #72
37 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Canadian ISPs definitely have a stronghold on the infrastructure. Can't call it a "monopoly" because there are three of them, but a common name given is "Robelus" which is portmanteau of Rogers/Bell/Telus. I don't have the numbers on how much they spend to lobby the government every year, but I imagine its a staggering sum.

A 'Canada' should be another word for an oligopolistic (maybe that's a word?) state. Mobile carriers - 4 control 98+ % of the market Internet - 4 control likely 90+ % of the internet market Banks - 5 control 90+ % of retail banking. The rest? Credit Unions who have themselves mostly merged into https://www.central1.com/ Insurance - 6 control 89% Media - 4 control 70% Grocer - 5 control 60% Movie theaters - 2 control…

Revolut neo bank (GB) tried to enter the canadian market in November 2019. It was in beta mode for one and half year, then it has quit the canadian market!

Why? because they failed obtaining a bank licence!

It is very hard for a new bank to come to Canada. They have to "partner" with one of the 5 existing oligarch banks! Imagine.. as a business, you have to "partner" with a competing bank in order to operate!

Meawhile, Revolut has successfully opened in 10 other countries at the same time..

Tourists and strangers don't really catch how the canadian market is ruled by oligarch / oligopoly so few players/businesses.

There is NO COMPETITION here! Welcome to CanaRussia!

Sources: https://portfolioplus.com/what-happened-to-revolut-canada-wh... https://www.fintechfutures.com/2021/03/revolut-exits-canada-...

Re: Rogers Canada, please fix the damn internet in Canada

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Post by tonyarkles »

mthoms wrote: post #92
tonyarkles wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Close, except for an important nuance: CSIS is primarily for domestic intelligence and security and doesn’t do much foreign work. From what I understand, the CIA isn’t supposed to work domestically; for CSIS, working domestically is in their charter. From what I recall, CSIS was established after the FLQ Crisis in the 1970s, when the government realized that having a single organization responsible for clandestine do…

CSIS does foreign work. They are responsible for anything related to national security. Internal and external. From Wiki: “There is no restriction in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act on where CSIS may collect "security intelligence" or information relating to threats to the security of Canada.[31] The agency may collect information on threats to Canada or Canadians from anywhere in the world. While CSIS…

Ahhh, I was out of date:

> Previous law stated that CSIS was only allowed to collect this intelligence within Canada but due to an updated law in 2016 they are now allowed to collect that intelligence abroad as well.

Re: Rogers Canada, please fix the damn internet in Canada

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Post by RandyRanderson »

tistoon wrote: post #93
RandyRanderson wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A 'Canada' should be another word for an oligopolistic (maybe that's a word?) state. Mobile carriers - 4 control 98+ % of the market Internet - 4 control likely 90+ % of the internet market Banks - 5 control 90+ % of retail banking. The rest? Credit Unions who have themselves mostly merged into https://www.central1.com/ Insurance - 6 control 89% Media - 4 control 70% Grocer - 5 control 60% Movie theaters - 2 control…

Revolut neo bank (GB) tried to enter the canadian market in November 2019. It was in beta mode for one and half year, then it has quit the canadian market! Why? because they failed obtaining a bank licence! It is very hard for a new bank to come to Canada. They have to "partner" with one of the 5 existing oligarch banks! Imagine.. as a business, you have to "partner" with a competing bank in order to operate! Meawhil…

After a banking charter is given, the Canadian PM gets put on their board (after the PM leaves politics).

Definitely no quid pro quo there.

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