ᐅ Apply for a cable and/or DSL connection

How fast will the DSL connection be? If there is also cable installed there, it may be that the DSL infrastructure is only rudimentary.

In places where cable is currently available, in my opinion, there will be no fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout in the medium term. That makes sense since cable still has a lot of potential. The problems usually are not with the cable itself, but with the provider who often heavily oversells the segments.

I would do both.

rick2018 schrieb:

Have everything installed to allow switching at any time.
We only use the cable connection for internet.
TV is via IPTV (Zattoo)

That was our plan. Unfortunately, it’s not always that simple. The cable connection would have cost us €17,000 net, fiber optic to the house about the same, and DSL €800. Cable was actually only meant as a backup. Our preference was fiber, VDSL second choice, and cable just a necessary evil if nothing else worked.
Around €35,000 for cable/fiber was too expensive for us. So we only have VDSL with 75/40 Mbps. At first, that was a disaster for me personally.
But it turned out to be much ado about nothing. The days when I constantly downloaded 100 GB of game data are over. Now, with kids, I download overnight and, if at all, play a few days later.
Netflix, Prime, Disney+, and Spotify all run smoothly in parallel. Magenta TV also works perfectly. So it’s really complaining at a high level.
We have fiber optic cable installed in the house. As soon as the telecom provider expands service here, we can switch, and I won’t miss cable at all.

Tarnari schrieb:

We have fiber optic cable installed in the house.

What do you mean by that? One or several fiber optic cables from the house entry point to X? That is rarely necessary.

K1300S schrieb:

What do you mean by that? One or more fiber optic cables from the house entry point to X? That is rarely necessary.

That was poorly phrased. The cable has already been blown in from the street into the house and is now unused. We didn’t actually order it that way, but since it didn’t incur any extra cost, as it turned out, it will just stay there. So if the street is ever connected to fiber optic, it seems we can connect directly.

Oh, interesting – especially that the fibers have already been installed. In our area, all houses are now supplied with the conduits, but the fibers (from the distribution point 200m (650 feet) away) are only connected when the service is activated for the first time.

How far does the fiber run? At the end, there should be another splice, meaning it would have to be reopened again.

K1300S schrieb:

Oh, interesting—especially that they have already blown in the fibers. At our place, all the houses are now connected with the ducts, but the fibers (from the distribution point 200 m (660 feet) away) only get installed when the connection is activated for the first time.

How far does the fiber run? At the end, it would have to be spliced again, meaning everything would have to be opened up once more.

To be honest, I can’t give you a precise answer. It was only a brief part of my training, and I have no professional experience in this area. This is what it looks like: