Talk:O2 Germany/@comment-27762480-20170204211439/@comment-24682153-20170207040754

Hi. The situation concerning the Aldi Dayflat is as follows.

In short: the Aldi dayflat is gone forever for the most of us and will not be coming back.

Background: Aldi Talk has been shifted from the Eplus platform to O2/Telefónica because of the Eplus/O2 merger. Telefónica then changed or discontinued some tariffs.

Advice: In any case: Don't try to use APN tagesflat.eplus.de anymore. It has been suspended forerver. As Telefonica uses a "dynamic" APN, all APN names are accepted and diverted to their standard APN. This results in a horrendous default rate of 24 Cents per MB without being able to activate the dayflat.

But the plan is still around (I can see it on their website ): That's true. But AldiTalk now requires to use their "Web Stick ", an aged 3G USB-dongle to activate the dayflat. This USB stick is sold at €29.99 in some of their stores with a free starter pack. You can also find it on eBay.de for around €10. After flashing it with the newest firmware (v.5 or higher) for Windows or Mac see Anwendungen  you will be able to activate a day pack.

This restrictive access policy was always around, but not enforced by Eplus. You could simply switch APNs. This makes it very inconvenient to use it without an Aldi Stick. First you need the dongle and a Windows laptop to activate the plan, to put the SIM into a phone, tablet or modem later. Of course, the same procedure has to be renewed every 24 hours.

Many people are frustrated about this behaviour of Telefonica. In effect, they've killed the plan. Moreover, they've built a trap for users who still try to use it.

I will revise the O2 section soon may be adding Tchibo Mobil again as they still offer a day rate. But all other choices have some disadvantages compared with Aldi. The O2 day rates all cling to a calendar day from midnight to midnight now and all other alternatives like Lidl's clone Lidl Connect on Vodafone don't offer 4G/LTE so far.