Rogers to Spend $261M to Split Networks, but Can’t Quantify Economic Impact of Outage

Rogers to Spend $261M to Split Networks, but Can’t Quantify Economic Impact of Outage
People use electronics outside a coffee shop in Toronto amid a nationwide Rogers outage, affecting many of the telecommunication company's services, July 8, 2022. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
The Canadian Press
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Rogers Communications Inc. will now spend $261 million to physically split its wireless and wireline networks following the July 8 outage and says it is not in a position to quantify the direct economic losses caused by the disruption.

The comments come in a Aug. 22 letter requested by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that provides additional information pertaining to the outage which impacted million of Canadians.