From Aliant:

…Atlantic Canada is home to Aliant. The company is built on a strong 100- year plus history in each of the region’s four provinces. It is here that the company pursues innovation to enhance and simplify the lives of fellow Atlantic Canadians, and to give businesses a competitive advantage.

As well, Aliant’s e-mail system went down Thursday and was still out Friday morning. Aliant says the company’s e-mail servers are in Ontario, and were affected by the power loss. Callers to Aliant were greeted with a message saying the wait time for assistance could be as long as an hour.