Hello,
we are currently building a house and have reached the topic of telephone, internet, and TV.
In our current rental apartment, we have a 1GB cable connection from Vodafone, with which we are overall very satisfied.
However, I feel like I would be locked into one provider forever if we now only install the cable connection.
Is it possible to have a cable connection installed, for example through Vodafone, and simultaneously have a DSL connection through Telekom? Or would that be a waste of money?
We could then watch TV via cable or via the satellite dish, right?
Thank you very much for your help and best regards,
Andreas
we are currently building a house and have reached the topic of telephone, internet, and TV.
In our current rental apartment, we have a 1GB cable connection from Vodafone, with which we are overall very satisfied.
However, I feel like I would be locked into one provider forever if we now only install the cable connection.
Is it possible to have a cable connection installed, for example through Vodafone, and simultaneously have a DSL connection through Telekom? Or would that be a waste of money?
We could then watch TV via cable or via the satellite dish, right?
Thank you very much for your help and best regards,
Andreas
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hampshire15 Sep 2021 13:16At the end of the month, I will be switching from Telekom to Vodafone. I don’t expect the service to improve; it will just be significantly cheaper. Unfortunately, providers tend to treat existing customers worse than new ones. While I understand this from a business perspective, I still find it frustrating.
From a business perspective, with regular payment flows from an existing customer, it is often significantly more cost-effective to retain that customer than to acquire a new one, let alone to win back a dissatisfied customer who is canceling (Customer Lifetime Value). Unfortunately, many large corporations have not understood this.
hampshire schrieb:
Unfortunately, providers tend to treat existing customers worse than new ones. From a business perspective, I can understand that very well,I only understand it to the extent that their controlling department does not account for lost existing customers negatively on the scorecard.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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hampshire schrieb:
The likelihood of oversubscription is very low only with a fiber optic connection. You are mistaken. The most common GPON technology used in Germany is designed with oversubscription in mind. Typically, 64 users share a single fiber with a total bandwidth of 2.5 Gbit/s. So, bandwidth gets rationed even if not every user subscribes to the 1-Gbit/s top-tier plan.
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hampshire16 Sep 2021 01:33K1300S schrieb:
Typically, 64 users are connected to a single fiber with a capacity of 2.5 Gbit/s. That is quite a lot. Bandwidth allocation is a dynamic process, and in the worst case, each user would still theoretically have nearly 40 Mbit/s.
Do you know of any private application that would fully utilize a gigabit connection? I currently can’t imagine one.
The issue isn’t whether you actually need 1 Gbit/s, but rather whether, from a technical standpoint, there is even a realistic chance of consistently receiving the majority of the purchased and paid-for bandwidth. Aside from that, it is usually the case that as the upstream speed increases, the downstream speed also rises, which can be necessary or at least desirable in some situations. Because of this, people often end up choosing the faster plan by necessity.
In any case, if I pay for 1 Gbit/s and only get around 40 Mbit/s during peak hours, that’s a significant case of oversubscription, and that was my main point. Even if I only occasionally use the full 1 Gbit/s, which is becoming more likely with increased home office usage, I am still paying specifically to have it available when I need it. Nevertheless, fiber optic connections generally remain more stable and reliable overall compared to, for example, internet delivered over (former) cable TV lines.
In any case, if I pay for 1 Gbit/s and only get around 40 Mbit/s during peak hours, that’s a significant case of oversubscription, and that was my main point. Even if I only occasionally use the full 1 Gbit/s, which is becoming more likely with increased home office usage, I am still paying specifically to have it available when I need it. Nevertheless, fiber optic connections generally remain more stable and reliable overall compared to, for example, internet delivered over (former) cable TV lines.