This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Shadow" (Jun 25th 2006, 11:00pm)
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Hi Phill,
First of all: Welcome to Germany.
The prices you found out are for the DSL/Internet access only. Sadly, you can't get an ADSL line without having a phone line, so you have to add at least another 16 Euro for that.
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In my oppinion, freenet is not a good choice, as they are said to not really care about customer service. I have no own experience with freenet, but serveral of my friends do. Many of them now don't have freenet any more.
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My DSL and phone line comes from Arcor, who are completely independant of Deutsche Telekom and not just resellers like freenet, GMX and T-Online are.
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What you definitely need is broadband internet access and a flatrate for that, but do you really need a phone flatrate? How often do you think you will do national calls in Germany?
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A resonable alternative to a fixed phone line and a ADSL line could be cable internet, which is available in some parts of Hannover, in combination with a "Genion" cellular plan from O2. You get a so called "home zone" in which you can call and be called for the price of a fixed line national or local call, but also have a true cell phone which works nearly everywhere in Germany.
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My DSL and phone line comes from Arcor, who are completely independant of Deutsche Telekom and not just resellers like freenet, GMX and T-Online are.
What you definitely need is broadband internet access and a flatrate for that, but do you really need a phone flatrate? How often do you think you will do national calls in Germany?
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I just checked their website, and they cost about 45/Monat. Do you think that that's also without a phoneline?
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I just checked their website, and they cost about 45/Monat. Do you think that that's also without a phoneline?
No, the costs include a phone line and a phone-flatrate. They also include the dsl-flatrate.
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My DSL and phone line comes from Arcor, who are completely independant of Deutsche Telekom and not just resellers like freenet, GMX and T-Online are.
I just checked their website, and they cost about 45/Monat. Do you think that that's also without a phoneline?
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How can I tell which services require an additional phone line fee? I notice Freenet mentions that you need a "T-Com Anschluss." Does that mean I have to have a basic T-Com phone package, then add the price from Freenet? I saw that earlier, but I wasn't clear what exactly was meant by "Anschluss."
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In fact Arcor only sell ISDN lines which give you two independant lines and three phone numbers[...]
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So, if I get the 45 Euro package from Arcor, I won't have to pay any other fees?
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How can I tell which services require an additional phone line fee? I notice Freenet mentions that you need a "T-Com Anschluss." Does that mean I have to have a basic T-Com phone package, then add the price from Freenet? I saw that earlier, but I wasn't clear what exactly was meant by "Anschluss."
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My DSL and phone line comes from Arcor, who are completely independant of Deutsche Telekom and not just resellers like freenet, GMX and T-Online are.
I just checked their website, and they cost about 45/Monat. Do you think that that's also without a phoneline?
As they are independant of Deutsche Telekom, Arcor provide telephone access themselves, and their offer includes it. In fact Arcor only sell ISDN lines which give you two independant lines and three phone numbers, so you both can place or receive calls at the same time without blocking each other. Additionally the 45 Euro include a telephone flatrate for local and national calls.
From my point of view this is a very resonable offer.
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In Germany there is only one cable TV provider per region. In Hannover this is Kabel Deutschland. Usually there are two possibilities: You have a cable TV connection included in your rent, or you don't want to get one, as it is too expensive.
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If your landlord (is this the right word?)
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allows you to, you can mount a sattelite dish and receive hundreds of programmes for free. The alternative in Hannover is DVB-T, which is terrestrial digital TV. The only problem for you could be that you won't be able to receive any English language programme.
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DSL 16.000 Anschluss; Flatrate DSL; Flatrate Telefon; ungefähr 35/Monat
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If you are allowed to install a satellite dish, get DVB-S and point the dish at ASTRA (and hope the good channels don't switch to encryption in 2007).
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