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This story has been updated with information from Rogers and Bell. The Bell network is operational and calls and texts between Bell customers or to other providers are not impacted.” “Some Bell customers may be experiencing issues when trying to call or text Rogers subscribers due to current interruptions in Rogers network services. Thank you for your patience as we work to resolve this issue.”īell issued a statement recently saying problems are due to the Rogers Network outage. “We are currently experiencing an outage across our wireline and wireless networks and our technical teams are working hard to restore services as quickly as possible. On behalf of all of us at Rogers, we sincerely apologize to our customers, and we will continue to keep you updated as we have more information to share, including when we expect service to be back up. But in the scheme of things, they haven’t been around for long. We are aware of issues currently affecting our networks and our teams are fully engaged to resolve the issue as soon as possible.” Credit and debit cards, and by association card machines, are so pervasive it’s hard to imagine life without them. “We know how important it is for our customers to stay connected. In a Tweet at 9 am Rogers said they are aware of the issue and working to resolve it. What does a credit card machine do In essence, credit card machines can accept debit and credit card payments from customers and transfer them to your merchant. We have emailed those involved and are waiting for a response. It’s unclear what is causing the problem. People are reporting not being able to make purchases for gas, Tim Hortons or get money out of the bank machines in these areas.