Businesses lost more than internet during Rogers outage: ‘Our sales were diminished’
by Canadians in 2018 alone, were also down, leaving many establishments unable to process certain types of payments.Without being able to process credit or debit sales, POE Design, an eclectic gift shop in Port Perry, Ont., saw less than half of regular sales for a Friday during the summer during the outage.“Our sales were diminished,” a spokesperson for the gift shop said to Global News.
Establishments like Starbucks quickly became flooded with patrons looking to stay for more than a cup of coffee.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Naomi Laserna, 26, from Whitby, Ont., requires an internet connection for both of her jobs as a streamer/gamer and at a Kumon Math and Reading Learning Centre for children.
To get connected, she drove to a nearby Starbucks, which also ironically happened to neighbour a Rogers store.“It was just a massive group of people outside,” she told Global News, speaking about the crowd of people crowding the coffee shop.She sat in a parking spot for two hours to work before returning home. She later went back to the establishment to continue using the internet for work.
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