alt Hacker NewsTelekom is well known for the crappy service - but they have a de facto monopoly. For example, when it rains, the line goes down where I live.
Solution: I got my Starlink. 3x speed. No crappy service. Weather independent. And surprinsingly cheaper ( 40 euros vs 45 ) .
[ as much as I do not like Musk & co, this is a real useful thing he build for the mankind - internet everywere from sattelite ]
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I'm glad Vodafone is available where I live. They're not better but at least they're an alternative. Also Telekom manages only to deliver 250mbit/s while Vodafone gets 1gbit/s.
Last apartment I rented Telekom was the only option and that was one of the reasons why I decided to move.
Starlink I would love to try but as there's building and trees blocking the horizon it's not an option here sadly.
My experience was slightly different. I mean, yes, there pretty much no 'non crappy' German internet providers, but nothing was as bad as Vodafone.
Depending on the age of Starlink you could add 10-30 to the bill for its power consumption.
How can a satellite connection be more weather independent than a landline? Not questioning your statement. Just wondering what could be the reason. A segment with a long distance directional antenna?
You don't like him why? Because he manipulated the democracy if countries like the USA and Germany?
But whatever it seems to be but it doesn't seem to really bother you that he makes money thanks to you.
Good that having better Internet is more important than musk and whatever you don't like about him.
Just a reminder his 10.000 satellites destroying astronomy research is only used by 9 million people right now.
And apparently often enough by people who actually have Internet and prefer better Internet despite criticism this Nazi saluting in human drugy.
Except that with Telekom they answer to the German courts which might eventually force them to stop doing this but with Starlink you're at the mercy of some dudes halfway across the globe. If/when Starlink reaches the enshittification phase, there will be very little in the way.
>For example, when it rains, the line goes down where I live.
Sounds like an access line issue with DSL (lol)
DSL is so old you can't even order it in Sweden anymore.
Also, the post above would be a core issue not access.
> And surprinsingly cheaper ( 40 euros vs 45 ) .
> [ as much as I do not like Musk & co, this is a real useful thing he build for the mankind - internet everywere from sattelite ]
Right - but then you also depend on an US service here. And the USA changed policy where Europeans became enemies ("we won't give you arms to defend against Russian invaders! Greenland will be occupied by our military soon!").
It's a bad situation, lose-lose here. I don't think the price difference is the primary problem though; the behaviour of Telekom is the problem. That must change. The state has to ensure fairness rather than allow monopolies to milk The People.