I don't know if you mean "used to" as in years before, but recently every time i saw people talking about Deutsche Bahn it was to say "lol Deutsche Bahn is having a problem again", so it seems to me their reputation is not (anymore) the reputation of a reliable service.
A Germans favorite conversation topic is how late the train was again. There is certainly worse in other countries but exactly because Germany is supposed to be so punctual it’s an embarrassment.
Then they succesfully integrated an agent into the IT of DB and pushed a faulty update of the communication network that was so bad it also took the redundant backup system down.
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UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 66d
It has ended.
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d
Was there any information as to what happened?
amorpheus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 66d
Right in the linked article...
A technical malfunction in the train radio system is currently bringing all train service in Germany to a standstill.
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 66d
Yes, I was hoping for more information than radio glitch…
philipsdirk@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 66d
ARD (German national news) reported a software update gone wrong
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d
Many thanks.
warm@kbin.earth · 12 pts · 67d
Business as usual then for Deutsche Bahn.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 67d
Didnt the train used to be very reliable?
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 5 pts · 66d
I don't know if you mean "used to" as in years before, but recently every time i saw people talking about Deutsche Bahn it was to say "lol Deutsche Bahn is having a problem again", so it seems to me their reputation is not (anymore) the reputation of a reliable service.
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 66d
Hahahahahahaha
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 66d
Oh. Uh, I see. But Germany has a rep for being very detail-focused, and trains are probably the most organized infrastructure out there.
Too bad.
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 66d
A Germans favorite conversation topic is how late the train was again. There is certainly worse in other countries but exactly because Germany is supposed to be so punctual it’s an embarrassment.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
Are they anxious people?
CyroSignal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d
Is it because of the heatwave ?
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 66d
Nope communications failure, it was resolved before this morning thankfully
CyroSignal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
Ah OK
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 67d
I'm not saying it's Russian hacker
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 67d
That wouldn't explain all the other years of incompetence. I think they just suck at doing train things
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 67d
Dunno that was my first thought too. Not saying definitely, just that it sounds like the kind of disruptive actions they like to take.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 5 pts · 66d
Then they succesfully integrated an agent into the IT of DB and pushed a faulty update of the communication network that was so bad it also took the redundant backup system down.
But yeah, me three had that thought first.
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d
Thanks for the info.