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Law against router compulsion is to come

Currently important for many Internet users: the German government has presented a draft law against mandatory routers. The core element: the definition of a passive network termination point. This would firstly stipulate that no "active" device - for example a router - represents the transition between the provider's network and the customer. This is not so unusual for Telekom customers, as there are [...]

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Fyve or Congstar: Discounter in the D-Net

D-networks don't have to be expensive: Congstar (a Telekom subsidiary) and Fyve (a product of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) are two low-cost providers that operate on the Telekom (Congstar) and Vodafone networks respectively. Fyve is a classic prepaid provider, whereas Congstar also offers postpaid contracts as well as DSL and VDSL. Both offer calls and text messages for 9

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Congstar: Influence compression with Speed Manager

Congstar uses the T-Mobile network, which means that some functions are also available. One exciting feature is the speed manager at http://speed.telekom.de (only works with a congstar or other SIM card in the T-Mobile network), which can be used to influence image and HTML compression. By default, on-the-fly compression of the code, but not the images, is selected. If you want faster data transmission without

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Telecom combines LTE and DSL

With the new "MagentaZuhause Hybrid" offer, Deutsche Telekom is presenting a combination of DSL and LTE - the bandwidths are combined as required. The prerequisite is a Deutsche Telekom VoIP connection, which can then be used for voice telephony in any case. The hybrid turbo always doubles the performance data of the underlying DSL connection: at 16 MBit/s, you get

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LTE roaming in Europe also with Congstar

Deutsche Telekom enables its customers to use LTE data networks in other European countries. This is also possible with Congstar, at least in Italy. If you have a Congstar tariff that allows you to use Telekom's 4G network in Germany, you can apparently also use the roaming offered by Telekom. The speed is reduced to the

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Congstar and LTE: soon no longer possible?

There are currently increasing reports that Congstar is switching to no longer tacitly allowing LTE in its contract tariffs. This would mean the loss of an exciting feature of the Telekom subsidiary's postpaid tariffs. Although LTE was never part of Congstar's contract, it was previously possible to use it with a postpaid contract within the specified speeds (7.2 Mbit/s) - practical when

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Judgement against throttling of Telekom

After Telekom announced its intention to throttle DSL and VDSL connections from 2016 (Telekom brings throttling to the fixed network), the Cologne Regional Court has now issued a ruling prohibiting Telekom's throttling, at least in the Call&Surf tariffs. The lawsuit was filed by consumer advocates in North Rhine-Westphalia who want to ensure that "customers can use the entire

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Telekom: Prices for unchoked DSL

After there is still negative feedback due to the announced throttling after reaching certain volumes, Telekom has now talked about how much money you can get a real flat rate for. From today's perspective, you will have to pay between 10 and 20 euros more - a DSL tariff that currently costs 50 euros would then cost between 60 and 20 euros.

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o² to congstar - my change

After becoming increasingly dissatisfied with o² and congstar as a Telekom subsidiary working in the D1 network (which is generally considered to be much more reliable), I am venturing my first change of provider with number porting. This should actually work without any problems, but so far I have only received confirmation from o² that my letter of termination has arrived. The prices at congstar are quite similar

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Motorola Xoom first exclusively with Telekom

Apparently, there will also be exclusive deals for the upcoming Android 3.0 tablets. Deutsche Telekom has announced that the Motorola Xoom will initially only be available from the Bonn-based company from April - for €699.95 (although it is still unclear whether with or without a contract). It is also not yet clear whether there will be a net or SIM lock

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