I find some of this ragey ragey pretty funny. Sure, Interac ####ed up by not having a backup. But it's not like there aren't other ways to pay for things. Maybe keep some cash with you, as your own personal responsibility back up? Or does the government need to pull up your boot straps for you?
Before we had cell phones people may not have ever noticed their phone service went out. If a day of no cell service is this frustrating to your life, maybe it's time to examine your dependence on it.
And yes, I know business and hospitals and all that stuff, but it's technology, sometimes things will happen. Maybe a solar flair blasts everything away one day. Will you freak out that government needs to make everything resilient to super volcanoes? We should probably build more resilience into the critical systems we need, and worry less about not being able to text aunt Becky.
If you really really need service for your business, setup with a separate provider. Hell, we did that years ago at our small company, and despite my hatred fo Telus, pay them for the backup. And we don't even NEED it. Yet so many big companies get caught with their pants down? That's more a them problem than a Rogers problem. We should expect these situations.
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