Hello everyone!
The first obstacle has come up: In our temporary accommodation, where we plan to live during the construction phase, there is no DSL connection available for us.
In the region, a provider (Inexio, formerly Quix) has expanded their network, and I was able to order broadband from them – but I just received an order confirmation stating that the technology at our installation address is not yet deployed, and they can’t give us a scheduled activation date. 🙄
That’s just great – selling connections without having the capacity. Talking to support revealed that the distribution point (cabinet) at our address is full, so they’d have to expand it first, but whether and when that will happen is unclear.
Via the national telecom provider, we get 2 Mbit down, which is not enough for working.
Now we have two options: a Gigacube from Vodafone or something similar (are there other providers like this?), or Starlink.
Edit: Luckily, LTE is available at the address.
Starlink, of course, has high initial costs. And their website provides very little information, despite asking for consent to charge about 700€ (euros) with just two clicks.
Does anyone here have experience with Starlink (or Gigacube) and can share their experience?
Good luck,
kati1337
The first obstacle has come up: In our temporary accommodation, where we plan to live during the construction phase, there is no DSL connection available for us.
In the region, a provider (Inexio, formerly Quix) has expanded their network, and I was able to order broadband from them – but I just received an order confirmation stating that the technology at our installation address is not yet deployed, and they can’t give us a scheduled activation date. 🙄
That’s just great – selling connections without having the capacity. Talking to support revealed that the distribution point (cabinet) at our address is full, so they’d have to expand it first, but whether and when that will happen is unclear.
Via the national telecom provider, we get 2 Mbit down, which is not enough for working.
Now we have two options: a Gigacube from Vodafone or something similar (are there other providers like this?), or Starlink.
Edit: Luckily, LTE is available at the address.
Starlink, of course, has high initial costs. And their website provides very little information, despite asking for consent to charge about 700€ (euros) with just two clicks.
Does anyone here have experience with Starlink (or Gigacube) and can share their experience?
Good luck,
kati1337
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Deliverer2 Apr 2022 21:09kati1337 schrieb:
I'm too old to take the game seriously anyway. Oh, I'm actually so bad that I only play the game with/against friends. Mostly on LAN (yes, I am THAT old). And probably none of us would even notice if one of the clients was on an LTE connection. But no, I haven’t tried that yet.
Deliverer schrieb:
Oh, I’m actually so bad that I only play the game with/against friends. Mostly on LAN (yes, I’m that old). And probably none of us would notice an LTE connection at the kill-death ratio. But no, I haven’t tried it yet. I’m also in the rookie league; maybe we’ve played against each other without knowing it. 😉
If you ever see a Kati with a diamond frame and 5 stars, make sure to wave. 😀
rick2018 schrieb:
If you have LTE or even 5G inside your house/apartment, you don’t need any extra antennas or similar equipment.
Just use a Gigacube or the equivalent from Telekom, and that’s it. Alternatively, use a router with a SIM card (like a Fritz LTE) and insert a data SIM. Do you / does anyone have any tips regarding data plans?
We found an unlimited plan with Telekom for €75 per month, but it has a 24-month contract.
o2 Homespot shows “not available” at our address and instead offers a 2 Mbps DSL package. :/
I’m not very experienced with data plans. Can anyone recommend one (and maybe hardware too?) to get the most out of the mobile network?
I checked the coverage map again; our address is in an LTE/4G area but right on the edge of 5G coverage. We’re house number 12, and house number 6 has 5G. So I probably can’t expect 5G, but 4G is certainly much better compared to 2 Mbps DSL.
rick2018 schrieb:
Just get a Gigacube. For gaming, a plan with unlimited data is definitely a good choice.
It can be canceled monthly. Is the Gigacube actually unlimited? I only see plans with a maximum of 620GB (385 gallons).
That’s quite a lot, of course. I checked our router, and we don’t always stay within that limit.
Last month, we used about 730GB (430 gallons), and of course that fluctuates a bit.
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