Hello everyone,
when it comes to house connections, as I understand it, you also need to contact providers like Telekom or Vodafone to have the connection installed in the house. Phone calls with their respective customer service lines are already planned. I’ve learned from the electricity provider that Deutsche Telekom apparently requires a longer lead time.
I’m still having some difficulties understanding technically whether, depending on the individual situation, it makes sense to have classic DSL (Telekom) installed or to use Vodafone’s cable network, for example.
- In our specific case, TV is received via satellite (SAT) from the roof, and a landline is not needed because of mobile phones.
- I haven’t been able to figure out whether both options generally provide the same basic requirements, or if, for example, it would make more sense to focus on Vodafone since we only need internet and no phone service.
- Is a separate telephone cable even installed these days?
- Vodafone (formerly Unity Media) is an option for us because it is available; with classic DSL, the speeds are still quite limited in our area, at least, and they also offer good prices.
What are your thoughts on Telekom or alternative providers for the house internet connection?
Thank you all, and sorry for the very amateur questions :-(
when it comes to house connections, as I understand it, you also need to contact providers like Telekom or Vodafone to have the connection installed in the house. Phone calls with their respective customer service lines are already planned. I’ve learned from the electricity provider that Deutsche Telekom apparently requires a longer lead time.
I’m still having some difficulties understanding technically whether, depending on the individual situation, it makes sense to have classic DSL (Telekom) installed or to use Vodafone’s cable network, for example.
- In our specific case, TV is received via satellite (SAT) from the roof, and a landline is not needed because of mobile phones.
- I haven’t been able to figure out whether both options generally provide the same basic requirements, or if, for example, it would make more sense to focus on Vodafone since we only need internet and no phone service.
- Is a separate telephone cable even installed these days?
- Vodafone (formerly Unity Media) is an option for us because it is available; with classic DSL, the speeds are still quite limited in our area, at least, and they also offer good prices.
What are your thoughts on Telekom or alternative providers for the house internet connection?
Thank you all, and sorry for the very amateur questions :-(
If we consistently get 400 Mbit, that’s great. At work, we have 600 Mbps download and 60 Mbps upload. But I’ve never actually seen that kind of speed in real life.
I think the ratio of download to upload is just better with DSL. Right now, we have 100 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload. Since the upgrade from 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, I’ve definitely noticed the 40 Mbps upload more than the higher download speed.
As I said, fiber optics would be best. We could have had 1000 Mbps download and 1000 Mbps upload. But €17,000 net was too expensive for us. Since the ducts are already in place, we can still consider upgrading anytime.
If we get 100 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload, we’ll be happy. The most important thing for us is not having to give up our entertainment TV. We’ve gotten used to IPTV and don’t want to switch to anything else.
I think the ratio of download to upload is just better with DSL. Right now, we have 100 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload. Since the upgrade from 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, I’ve definitely noticed the 40 Mbps upload more than the higher download speed.
As I said, fiber optics would be best. We could have had 1000 Mbps download and 1000 Mbps upload. But €17,000 net was too expensive for us. Since the ducts are already in place, we can still consider upgrading anytime.
If we get 100 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload, we’ll be happy. The most important thing for us is not having to give up our entertainment TV. We’ve gotten used to IPTV and don’t want to switch to anything else.
Tarnari schrieb:
In the end, fiber optic (up to 1000 Mbit in the private sector, also not a shared medium) is what you should have, but it is rarely available in most cases. The statement about the shared medium is only partially accurate. With the GPON technology, which is dominant in this country, all households connected to a single distribution point (OLT) actually receive the same data stream (usually at 2.5 Gbit/s) and then identify their own packets, which are routed internally. So while the physical medium is not shared up to the distribution point (and beyond that, as well as in the rest of the internet, it is shared anyway), the bandwidth that can be transmitted over this medium is shared. Therefore, if ten households are connected to the same distribution point via GPON with a nominal speed of 500 Mbit/s each, it is impossible for all of them to use 500 Mbit/s simultaneously.
Tarnari schrieb:
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I'll use this thread to post my question here:
If fiber optic is available in a new development area, people will probably have internet and TV provided through it.
Is a telecom provider connection always required for fiber optic (around 800 EUR), or can Vodafone / Unitymedia also install the fiber optic cable from the property boundary to the house (price unknown, but hopefully not several thousand euros as mentioned on pages 1 and 2)? 🙄
If fiber optic is available in a new development area, people will probably have internet and TV provided through it.
Is a telecom provider connection always required for fiber optic (around 800 EUR), or can Vodafone / Unitymedia also install the fiber optic cable from the property boundary to the house (price unknown, but hopefully not several thousand euros as mentioned on pages 1 and 2)? 🙄
It depends on whose fiber optic cable it is. In our case, it was Telekom, so we paid 800€ (about 870 USD) upfront. Whether TV is provided through Telekom or the Internet is a completely different topic. There's a long discussion about that.
Vodafone is not allowed to use Telekom’s fiber optic cable :-) they install their own, and if it’s not yet available, there is a cost involved. For us, the offer was 11 km (about 6.8 miles).
Vodafone is not allowed to use Telekom’s fiber optic cable :-) they install their own, and if it’s not yet available, there is a cost involved. For us, the offer was 11 km (about 6.8 miles).
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