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Telecom

Meanwhile, more than half of failed cell phone locations are Telecom back on the net. In many places, basic mobile phone coverage is again guaranteed, according to Deutsche Telekom. Higher abilities will move slowly. The storm caused a total of about 300 locations in the crisis zones in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate to fail Telekom’s mobile network. The biggest problem is due to lack of electricity. At a location in Euskirchen which, as a field supplier, also connects to other transmission masts via directional radio, all the technology was in the water. As a result, locations connected by radio links could no longer be supplied with the signal. According to telcos, 50 of their once lost 300 stations are still offline as of Monday.

In other cases, for example in the Ahrweiler, the transmitter remained intact on the slope, and in this case electricity was still available. However, this mast was attached via fiber optics. This connection passed through the valley and was completely destroyed. Now a radio link has been established here.

Telecom contract customers can currently – regardless of the flood disaster – book a free data flat rate.

According to telcos, in fixed networks, the position is yet to be determined precisely. In large parts of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, accumulations of water and debris caused great damage to fiber optic and copper cables. The telco is currently working on revamping the switching centres. These are also important for cellular networks. As an example, Telekom cites the node in Gerolstein, which has about 10,000 connections and several cell phone locations attached.

“There are places where a completely new infrastructure has to be built. Sometimes entire roads and bridges with cables break down,” Telecom reports. In some areas this can take several weeks.

vodafone

According to Vodafone, more than 80 percent of locations in crisis areas currently have re-radio. However, some are still offline. These places were badly damaged or completely destroyed by the floods. However, by taking measures in the network, more than 90 percent of all customers in disaster areas can be offered basic reception again. Less than ten percent of all customers do not yet have a network.

Vodafone says, “We are currently working on a total of 25 locations on top priority.” “When these stations are back on the network – if possible during this week – we hope to restore basic services throughout the disaster area.” Vodafone’s primary concern here is that all customers can re-call or send messages. Videos can still be jerky.

Vodafone customers can automatically book 100 gigabytes of data volume on their mobile phones as immediate assistance in a disaster area. The objective is to enable customers to go online again to meet friends as soon as the network is back up and where the fixed network has been destroyed. Contact the family and help.

To state cable-internet-infrastructure When asked locally, Vodafone said that there are currently still low five-digit subscribers who were not online yet. Part of this has to do with the destroyed infrastructure, but also partly due to the lack of electricity in the cities.

O2

O2 also suffered technical damage due to the flood. Network operator Telefónica Deutschland talks about 150 failed systems. The main reason for failures here too: power supply. Two thirds of the failed channels are now back on the network. In Saxony and Bavaria, where the situation escalated over the weekend, O2, like the other two providers, recorded no failures.

It will take some time until all transmitters are available again, even with O2. “We are working with all available resources and of course working round the clock to restore grid supply, but in the most severely affected areas, access to some systems is still partially blocked, The company informed us. “Nevertheless, we are already able to re-supply more than half of our systems in Ahrweiler,” the provider concluded.

Why not national roaming?

In the eyes of users on the site, a practical possibility of accessing the network would be mutual activation of the network. Vodafone customers without network can also do the same telecommunication network If it sends then use . But the providers don’t do this – for a good cause.