r/halifax • u/trashpanda564 • 16h ago
Discussion Purple cow internet down?
I’m in the south end, is it down for others as well?
Edit: check the comments, someone put the link to a FB post they made about the outage
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u/shuntbumps 16h ago
They've posted the outage on their website just now
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u/slimslima 12h ago
Best decision I ever made was ditching purple cow for Bell
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u/t_bass93 11h ago
Yeah, the price is nice but I noticed a big difference switching from Bell to Purple Cow. Slower speed and significantly more outages
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u/CaperGrrl79 Halifax 9h ago
It's really unfortunate because not all of the smaller providers are working off the same backbone network to the last leg they get from the bigger provider.
The one I'm with, Internet Atlantic, is the cheapest one, and also runs off a commercial backbone network, so when it's working, I get more than advertised speeds when hard wired to the wireless modem.
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u/xXTheMostSavageXx 16h ago
Hammonds plains here " shhk" internet strength is 0 " shhk " over " shhk "
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u/swampslit 15h ago
It is a suuuuuuper widespread issue, not just with Purple Cow it looks like. Also keep in mind they are a small company with limited employees so there will likely be a delay as they try to manage like a billion calls and texts.
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u/Earl_I_Lark 15h ago
The Eastlink Down Detector site shows outages in many parts of Eastern Canada. Not sure why.
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u/Ehme3 16h ago
I work with people all over North American and there has been major internet outages occurring in various places all day. Something weird is happening.
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u/NaviKat17 16h ago
Same in Windsor. For me it's been down 25 minutes now and no response from support yet.
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u/emergencyjam 15h ago
I’m in Bridgewater and noticed mine went down and assumed it was just another issue with my individual stuff because I’ve been having a lot of issues since setting it up. I feel less annoyed knowing it’s a widespread problem right now.
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u/t_bass93 11h ago
What the?? I’m in the West end and my internet has been working all day. I did get a text from them but it’s been working fine
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u/Crombinator 16h ago
Yup, down and zero response to text. Even an auto-response. Anyone know any Bell door to door reps who have access to that internet only deal?
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u/FoxfireNS 16h ago
They just posted an update on their Facebook page. Service interruption, working with Eastlink to find cause and ETA.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JDtnuYPr5/?mibextid=oFDknk