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Today, Jarltech experienced the Stone Age: our lines were dead. All of them were dead; the multiplexer, the burglar and fire alarm systems. Arcor (a German telecommunications provider) had a 'major breakdown'. But the Internet was working - and one can almost say: as long as the internet works, we can do without the telephone.

How good that we invested into a second installation from Alcatel, which is connected with the Telekom and independent from Arcor, and which switches automatically in case of failures. No, they don't share the 'last mile', the landlines lead to different directions from our premises. However, the automatic switch didn't work and trying manually was a disaster: no communication; even the Telekom wasn't broadcasting anymore.

We found out why: they share the local distribution frame, and that was ... broken. I thank our employees, who immediately posted their mobile phone numbers online, so that customers and suppliers could call us.

Anyway, we will need to find a better emergency solution now. Having two companies that back up each other, but use the same distribution frame is just nonsense.