Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies for prolonged outages

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The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province.

Full Screen is not supported on this browser version.Bell Aliant, however, eventually sent someone after the province complained to the company’s senior management, but the premier said the representative left after two days to work virtually.

“Other service providers have come together in an effort to make sure Nova Scotians have the information they need, yet the telecommunications companies are consistently missing from the table,” Houston said. As of Wednesday morning, more than 104,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia were still without electricity, which represents 20 per cent of Nova Scotia Power’s customers. The outages, which started early Saturday, have had an impact on cellphone service because the backup batteries in cellphone towers are dying.

In Ottawa, Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the federal government has been working with industry to build redundancy into Canada’s telecommunications services.

 

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I'm sure the premier doesn't believe a word he said but you can't go wrong slamming a telecommunication company eh.

Like there not affected in some way also. …are there employees robots or humans like the premier.

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