Nobody Is Being Switched

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A little over a year ago, Telekom launched its throttling experiment on fixed-line connections—the same one that works so wonderfully on mobile. Back then, I spoke on DRadio Wissen with Philipp Blank, Telekom’s spokesperson.

From minute 7:

Timo Hetzel: What about switching to the new so-called all-IP connections? If I have an old ISDN or analog line under the old terms, and by, say, 2018 the entire network and switching equipment has been converted to the new technology, then the new terms will apply too, won’t they?

Philipp Blank: It’s true that we want to switch to IP by 2018, because IP has clear advantages over the old technology. I can’t say yet what the terms will look like in 2018. But of course, when a customer switches to an IP connection, that’s a new contract.

Timo Hetzel: If they’re switched—that’s the point. They have no choice.

Philipp Blank: Nobody is being switched, nobody is being switched. A customer decides for themselves whether to change their contract or not.

Today, the Saxony Consumer Advice Centre reports:

Customers with a Telekom landline may be surprised by a letter from the Bonn-based telecom company these days. They’re asked to choose one of the new plans. Otherwise, Telekom says it will have to cancel their connection in the foreseeable future.