Talk:Germany/@comment-95.88.180.35-20180420221630

Hi! Very informative and exhaustive article. I wish I had read it before my stay in Germany. I must confess I was quite upset with the quality and coverage of the German networks. If you are traveling a lot throughout the country, I'd rather advise not to pick any provider on the o2-de network. They might have good or even very good coverage in the urban areas, but data throughput is just horrible. It is definitely not recommended for streaming vids, and even spotify or whatsapp calls might suffer. Providers using the o2 network are actually offering the biggest data packages, but you might end up not using your allowance because you just can't. Vodafone is slightly better, i.e. less congested in the cities, but outside the urban areas you'll see much "E" on your display. Telekom is very pricy (same level as Vodafone), but their coverage is what you would actually expect in a modern European country in 2018. Unfortunately, no MVNOs are offering 4g access with Vodafone or Telekom, so you are compelled to buy their own branded prepaid cards with veeeery limited data add-ons at very expensive rates. If you are visiting Germany during a European trip, I'd recommend to use a prepaid card from another EU country, and definitely use Telekom 4G network. I must admit this is just my experience. I've been traveling a lot by bus and by train, and was really astonished of the poor coverage and quality as soon as you leave the urban areas. BTW France was at a certain extent even worse :-)