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Originally Posted by ken0042
Part of that is the media sensationalizing things a bit. 911 was available from any network other than Shaw. So Telus landline, cell phone, etc. The impact was about 30,000 users out of ~400,000 households. And I would say that most of the Shaw Phone customers have a cell phone as well. However the media was calling it "911 unavailable." Then what compounded the issue was everybody with a Telus phone was calling 911 just to see if they could get through.
As for AHS services, this meant that if you went to the hospital they would make you fill out the entire form like they did 10 years ago; instead of asking for your Health Care Number and asking if your address had changed.
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Well the sensationalism is definitely a factor and I probably fell victim to that to an extent. When I heard on the radio that they advised people to have their neighbour call 911 for them if they needed it though, I had to laugh.