[krisknez]

Why is Germany so expensive?

[rsynnott]

It's _really_ hard to come up with a coherent theory of European telecom pricing; it is just all over the place. For instance, Ireland is more expensive than the UK thing... So it's a density thing, right? Not so fast; Germany (denser than Ireland) is also more expensive than Ireland... There are some general _trends_, but big exceptions to all of them.

[fomine3]

Interesting quote:

> The prevalent means of connecting to the Internet in Germany is DSL, introduced by Deutsche Telekom in 1999. Other technologies such as Cable, FTTH and FTTB (fiber), Satellite, UMTS/HSDPA (mobile) and LTE are available as alternatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Germany

[riogordo2go]

Not only expensive, the coverage is spotty too. Driving cross country, even along major highways often results in many dead spots.

[meinheld111]

It’s not anymore. For 30-50€ you can get more or less unlimited data plans on all three networks