Hello,
We are currently interested in building a house and are therefore looking for plots of land. These are usually located in new development areas – since we don’t live in a big city and don’t necessarily want to, all the potential plots are in smaller towns. Although this is the case and we are fortunate to have a 400,000 DSL connection, that doesn’t necessarily mean much. Nevertheless, I’m having serious difficulties finding out the internet speed. Many people tend to say “you’ll have to see once the house is built” – which makes me wonder who still builds houses nowadays if the available speeds might be as low as 16 Mbps or less. Who is responsible for this?
For example, the plots currently in the Green Ring area are interesting: xn--grner-Ring-beb.de
But because of the problem mentioned above, everything is quite difficult. I talked to Telekom in advance, but they couldn’t give me much information and said they absolutely need a street address and house number. But those simply don’t exist yet. Both the Beta and the HBS companies said that Telekom and Unitymedia have laid fiber optic cables in the development area. So I contacted Telekom again (by now far too often...). They said they don’t know about such a development area, and they definitely cannot confirm fiber optic. The surrounding area still has copper cables. What speeds are possible is something every Telekom contact told me differently about. They said there are only two development areas in the region that will be upgraded this year, and this one isn’t among them. I also contacted Unitymedia, but they couldn’t tell me anything either; they don’t know this development area and without a street and house number, they aren’t even willing to check – they said it wouldn’t make sense. Finally, I also contacted the local municipality, but the answer there was the same: “Telekom is laying or has laid fiber optic here since January of this year. We don’t know anything more.” I seriously wonder how such statements can be made – do people just make up things to sell the plots? Is Telekom simply completely incompetent? Who should know which cables are installed in the development area and what speeds are possible?
Looking forward to your feedback.
Best regards
We are currently interested in building a house and are therefore looking for plots of land. These are usually located in new development areas – since we don’t live in a big city and don’t necessarily want to, all the potential plots are in smaller towns. Although this is the case and we are fortunate to have a 400,000 DSL connection, that doesn’t necessarily mean much. Nevertheless, I’m having serious difficulties finding out the internet speed. Many people tend to say “you’ll have to see once the house is built” – which makes me wonder who still builds houses nowadays if the available speeds might be as low as 16 Mbps or less. Who is responsible for this?
For example, the plots currently in the Green Ring area are interesting: xn--grner-Ring-beb.de
But because of the problem mentioned above, everything is quite difficult. I talked to Telekom in advance, but they couldn’t give me much information and said they absolutely need a street address and house number. But those simply don’t exist yet. Both the Beta and the HBS companies said that Telekom and Unitymedia have laid fiber optic cables in the development area. So I contacted Telekom again (by now far too often...). They said they don’t know about such a development area, and they definitely cannot confirm fiber optic. The surrounding area still has copper cables. What speeds are possible is something every Telekom contact told me differently about. They said there are only two development areas in the region that will be upgraded this year, and this one isn’t among them. I also contacted Unitymedia, but they couldn’t tell me anything either; they don’t know this development area and without a street and house number, they aren’t even willing to check – they said it wouldn’t make sense. Finally, I also contacted the local municipality, but the answer there was the same: “Telekom is laying or has laid fiber optic here since January of this year. We don’t know anything more.” I seriously wonder how such statements can be made – do people just make up things to sell the plots? Is Telekom simply completely incompetent? Who should know which cables are installed in the development area and what speeds are possible?
Looking forward to your feedback.
Best regards
Telekom – Builder Service. No one else within Telekom can or is authorized to provide information about new development or expansion areas.
If the development area is large enough and no other reasons oppose, Telekom now generally deploys fiber optic networks (exceptions apply). However, it is important that the development is a complete new construction of an area.
Often, especially in rural areas, new developments were fundamentally connected or prepared several years ago. If the right providers were not involved at that time, the situation looks bleak. That will really give you gray hair. What helps, though without any guarantee, is to identify the cable route (search for the cable distribution box – KVZ – and consult the municipality’s building authority) and to check the bandwidth availability for the last house number.
If the development area is large enough and no other reasons oppose, Telekom now generally deploys fiber optic networks (exceptions apply). However, it is important that the development is a complete new construction of an area.
Often, especially in rural areas, new developments were fundamentally connected or prepared several years ago. If the right providers were not involved at that time, the situation looks bleak. That will really give you gray hair. What helps, though without any guarantee, is to identify the cable route (search for the cable distribution box – KVZ – and consult the municipality’s building authority) and to check the bandwidth availability for the last house number.
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nordanney3 Jul 2019 10:51Mmmmh, what do the people who have already built or are currently building in the Green Ring say? The plots for the second construction phase are already being marketed. You probably won’t find better information anywhere else.
Given the location, I assume that at least VDSL will be available.
Given the location, I assume that at least VDSL will be available.
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pffreestyler3 Jul 2019 10:54Isn’t the telecom provider even required to equip all newly developed residential areas with fiber optic cables?
However, my neighbor had similar doubts and therefore chose the local utility company as a partner instead of the telecom provider, and they promised from the beginning to install fiber optic cable to his home.
However, my neighbor had similar doubts and therefore chose the local utility company as a partner instead of the telecom provider, and they promised from the beginning to install fiber optic cable to his home.
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pffreestyler3 Jul 2019 11:25Oops, I always had something like that in mind, but only skimmed over it and never really looked into it.
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