Broadband Rollback

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Heise reports that Telekom is cancelling tens of thousands of connections in Lower Saxony (and elsewhere), after which customers can order new service at 1990s DSL speeds. A drama in four tweets:

Yes, digitalization is going great in Germany. After five years of 50 Mbit VDSL, Telekom cancels my service and offers me 16 Mbit… photo — Steffen, March 9, 2018

We really don’t want to do this, but we have to dismantle our equipment there. This was a decision by the Federal Network Agency. Best wishes, Nadine B. — Telekom hilft, March 10, 2018

From our perspective, there is no reason for any telecom provider to cancel existing contracts in the areas covered by EWE. EWE will also make the newly built fibre network available to other providers, so they can offer up to 100 Mbit/s downstream. — EWE AG, March 12, 2018

Such a cancellation does not follow from any directive by the Federal Network Agency. It is solely Telekom’s decision. photo — Federal Network Agency, March 12, 2018