
During what was arguably the worst internet outage in the country, nearly 10 million Canadian residents were left without internet and mobile services beginning at 4:30 a.m. two Fridays ago.
What happened: Customers of one of the largest telecommunications companies in Canada, Rogers Communications Inc. (TSE: RCI.B) lost internet service because of what the company described as a maintenance update in its core network, which caused some of its routers to malfunction.