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>I don't think Germans realize just how much DTAG is holding the experience back for end users

The ones not on HN probably just notice that their internet is getting slow after 5 p.m

Trust me, I know how much they suck and I still had to enter a 2-year contract just to get fiber optics in my house.

I thought I was crazy for thinking that Reddit LinkedIn and half of the internet becomes unusable past 6pm.. now I know why

Cloudflare has a speed test. Try comparing it to other speed tests around the same time. Should reveal if Dtag is congested/throttling your traffic to Cloudflare sites vs others.

https://speed.cloudflare.com/

Could also check the official Breitbandmessung by the BNetzA They also have some interesting statistic by provider, etc. on there. https://www.breitbandmessung.de

They tried to install it to our home too, but our landlord just didn't do anything to help them to open doors and now we've been soon waiting two years for the connection.

The more I read about DTAG the happier I feel like using our cable connection which, upstream excluded, works quite well.

We're about to buy our apartment in Berlin and that changes things. I hope we have soonpre choice on the fiber operator.

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