Reactions to Bell’s Communications failure last week
Reactions to Bell’s Communications failure last week
After another breakdown in Bell’s communications infrastructure last Thursday, several people in the Pontiac shared their thoughts on the matter. Councillor and mayoral candidate in Mansfield, Gilles Dionne, finds it deplorable that there is no redundancy, especially to reach emergency services. Fortunately, all Pontiac fire brigades share a CB radio frequency that connects the MRC Pontiac with the 911 services with the MRC des Collines.
Warden Candidate Charlotte L’Écuyer indicated, via press release, that she is outraged by the contempt of these companies, which shows, according to Mme. L’Écuyer, the CRTC that they are not providing the services they have agreed to.
A damaged cable disrupted Internet and telephone services in several areas of the Pontiac. Bell technicians went out into the field to investigate the cause of the damage. It was, according to the vocabulary used, an “inter-city” breakdown. At the moment, no additional details are available.
On September 27, the MRC Pontiac issued a press release denouncing these types of situations. According to the statistics released by the MRC, it was the sixth general blackout in nine years. The Pontiac MRC has stated that this is once again puts the safety of the Pontiac at risk.
