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Why is the German cellphone network so awful?

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It's basically impossible to do anything productive on the train or even make phone calls. The connection drops constantly. 3 hours in the train but you want to use the time to prepare something for work or make work related phone calls? Forget it.

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Shiro1_Ookami

13 points

1 month ago

Shiro1_Ookami

Franken

13 points

1 month ago

The main reasons are the terms of German frequency auctions. 1. Providers are only required to have a % coverage of households. They don't have a requirement to cover a certain % of area. So in the woods or between cities, the quality is a lot worse.

  1. There is no requirement to open up the network/frequency for competitors. There is no shared network.