Re:“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shit...
by tubularhells on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @06:55AM
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The Big T in Germany has strong ties in the government, both regional and central. They don't have to innovate when they can just block others via lobbying.
Ex Telekom worker here.
Re:“When it comes to broadband, America is the original shit...
by jmkerr on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @09:24AM
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This is not surprising for a ex-government agency that is still substantially government owned. Somewhat anti-competitive, expensive, and they clearly have no sense of urgency with regard to fibre.
But more than half their revenue is now from the US Market, which they didn't enter in such a privileged position.
Anyway, 100% of Germany to be covered with FTTH by 2030 :)
https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/619512/394bebe64a0f87d...
Home broadband have issues that the operator can't solve quickly (once working from home at a friend's place we got the house apartment internet cut off for a couple of days), Telekom sucks, their customer support sucks, sending a technician can take a month or more sometimes.
It feels so damn backwards, even more for the largest economy in the EU, not investing in digitalisation (both infrastructure and public services) is gonna bite Germany's ass for the next decade. Can't believe most bureaucracy is still done through paper-based mail, or faxes.