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911 service restored across Canada after widespread outages

Emergency services went down in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and other provinces; Bell Canada's network infrastructure was implicated.

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What to know

  • 911 service experienced intermittent outages across multiple Canadian provinces on September 17, affecting wireless and VoIP users.
  • The outage impacted Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and at least four other provinces, affecting multiple telecommunications providers including Rogers and Bell Canada.
  • Full restoration was completed by mid-afternoon; Bell Canada's carrier network infrastructure was identified as the source of the disruption.
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The outage affected multiple telecommunications providers, not just Bell Canada.

  • “No it was for multiple providers - our Roger's rep let us know 911 services are also down for them.”

    tinkymyfinky · Reddit ↗

Bell Canada telecommunications carrierNova Scotia provincial authorities emergency services regulator

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    Bell Canada confirms full restoration; network issue identified

    Bell Canada announced that 911 services were fully restored across Ontario, Quebec, and four other provinces. The outage was linked to Bell's telecommunications carrier network infrastructure.

    1. 2 outlets 911 service restored following intermittent outages

      first by CBC, 6d ago · also Yahoo! Finance Canada

      3 more headlines
  2. 3

    Nova Scotia confirms 911 restoration and wireless/VoIP impact

    Nova Scotia authorities announced that 911 service had been restored and was operating normally following outages that affected some wireless and voice-over-internet-protocol phone users.

    “911 service has been restored and is operating normally following intermittent outages that affected some wireless and voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) phone users earlier today…”
    — Nova Scotia provincial release
    1. 1 outlet 911 experiencing outages in Nova Scotia

      first by CBC, 6d ago

    • haligonia@mstdn.ca

      Update: 911 services have now been restored. Provincial release: Nova Scotians are advised that 911 service has been restored and is operating normally following intermittent outages that affected some wireless and voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) phone users earlier today, September 17. Nova Scotians can now resume using 911 as their primary…

      haligonia@mstdn.caMastodon6d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 2 posts in this stretch

    • No it was for multiple providers - our Roger’s rep let us know 911 services are also down for them.

      tinkymyfinkyr/canada6d agoview on r/canada ↗
    all of them →
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    Outages expand to multiple police forces; partial restoration begins

    The outage hit multiple Canadian police forces, with service being restored for some areas during the morning.

    1. 2 outlets 911 outage hits multiple Canadian police forces, service restored for some

      first by Global News, 6d ago · also CTV News

      1 more headline
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    911 outages reported across Ontario and parts of Canada

    Emergency response services reported that 911 access was down in Ontario, Toronto, Waterloo, and Winnipeg, with outages spreading to multiple provinces.

    1. 3 outlets first by thestar.com, 6d ago · also CP24, CTV News · read ↗

    2. 1 outlet first by Castanet, 6d ago · read ↗

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