Widespread internet problems hit Bell and Telus

Internet outages across Canada were reported just after 9 a.m. ET Wednesday morning from users of Bell, Telus and Rogers, as well as third-party ISPs, according to Downdetector.ca. Downdetector received outage reports from users for Bell, Bell Aliant, Bell MTS, Lucky Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Rogers, Fido, Chatr, Telus, Koodo, Public Mobile, Videotron, Freedom Mobile, Fizz, SaskTel, Cogeco, Eastlink, TekSavvy, Execulink, CIK Telecom, and others. Bell’s Facebook page acknowledged the outage, saying “Some customers in Ontario and Quebec may be experiencing an Internet service interruption. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.” Telus’s service status webpage indicated the failure of wireless and wireline services in Eastern Canada. As of 10:30 a.m. ET, Rogers’s support page reported no outages...