Rogers’ 5-Day Refund After Outage Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Legal Expert Says

Rogers’ 5-Day Refund After Outage Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Legal Expert Says
Telecommunications company Rogers Communications signage is pictured in Ottawa on July 12, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers Communications Inc.’s move to credit its customers with the equivalent of five days of service following the massive outage that crippled its network last week is “wholly inadequate,” a legal expert said.

“Five days is predicated on the possible belief that damage to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses can be quantified solely on the basis of a portion of a monthly fee,” Richard Leblanc, a York University governance, law and ethics professor, said in an interview Wednesday.