The disconnection

Yesterday the telephone line was disconnected for about an hour for some reason.
After the line was connected we could work without trouble.

Today we had the same trouble and waited for one hour.
But this time the line wasn't connected again.

We had to use the public telephone for work.
It was funny.
Everytime we make a phone call, we had to put coins in the phone.

The telephone company said the thunder broke the connecting machine.
The thunder?
There was a big thunder last Saturday.
Today is Thursday.
The machine was almost dead on the day but it had worked somehow till today.

Now we have only one telephone line until the new machine arrives.
It's really inconvenient.