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		jagger27 on July 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, bu... If this doesn't show Canadians that telecommunications are a public utility, I don't know what will. The CRTC's (Canadian FCC) own phones are down[1] today because they're a Rogers customer. If that doesn't scream regulatory capture... 1: https://twitter.com/CRTCeng/status/1545421218534359041

nevereveragain on July 8, 2022 [–]

I mean... it isn't as if the CRTC is going to set up their own telco just to operate their own office.

exadrid on July 8, 2022 | [–]

Yeah, but ultimately they are pretty much owned by the big Telco so we are fucked

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