Telekom Pilot Project for New Developments

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Heise, dpa, and Nordsee-Zeitung add some detail:

… Telekom plans a pilot project to determine whether fixed-line connections can be completely replaced by wireless access in some areas …

The requirement (…) is that wireless service must not reduce connection quality and must not cost the customer more.

Radio can’t even match ISDN quality, let alone provide full throughput to every subscriber on a shared medium.

But the Federal Network Agency will sort it out and enforce the right to basic service, won’t it?

Heise quips: “Laws can be changed.” In Telekom’s favour, of course.

A similar product without voice service is already available from T-Mobile in Austria (and, notably, with seemingly reasonable uncapped plans).