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Multiple fiber cuts, and power issues. Rogers cell and Bell cell both seem to have issues we can verify ourselves. Bell internet and land lines through PRI etc. also seem to be connected. Likely linked to the fiber cuts and land and mudslides and flooding.

Stay safe / avoid travel if you have to. Please remember NOT to enter standing water in a vehicle - you have no way to know how deep the water is, and as little as 6" of water can push your vehicle off the road. Be safe!

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Rogers buying Shaw gives them access to cellular spectrum which was discounted for a new player (Shaw), it gives them access / control of the only viable competition in western Canada instead of forcing them to compete. It can't be expected it will improve rates for consumers. It will only increase their virtual monopoly position at our expense.
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Stop the Buy: NO Rogers-Shaw sale! Canada can’t afford for Big Telecom to get even bigger.

Shaw (including wholesale) seems to be having some troubles this morning - if you are still connected, avoid rebooting or restarting your modem or router. If you are not connected, you can periodically restart your modem, and router if required. Please note that many connections will restore on their own, and that by restarting your router, you MAY have to reboot other devices on your network. Hope this helps :-)

Problem report: Investigating inbound calling affecting some numbers. The issue is a carrier issue, but we're already investigating the source of the issue. Will update shortly.

Continuing to make notes on things that shouldn't be the way they are, and with full credit to and (on Twitter) for their articles, we published some notes on What's wrong with WhatsApp. Should you stop using it? Maybe? If you have to use it, what can you do? Image by 's for his Forbes article.

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