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Der Jan flicked by sponsor
Ullrich cut off:
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TritonRider wrote:
From: Ewoud Dronkert Ullrich cut off: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...llrich_offbeat Given our experiences with the German phone system it's no big surprise. For the first year, two of the times we lived there, once in Augsburg, and once in Kaiserslautern we used the phone as a "Floor Ornament" because we couldn't get it turned on in any reasonable timeframe. I will say that by the time we last left in 2000 things seemed to work pretty well. I would consider the phone company bull**** as the second most compelling reason not to move. The first would be internet connection bull****. I had to ask three times for a cd containing dsl software that would run on an english windows system, because the latest versions only recognise german directory structures. As a result, the software interface between my computer and the world is old and buggy and crashes at startup at least half the time. When Telekom announced they were going to break into the north american telecommunications market, I just had to shake my head. |
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Simple. Just switch to some other company. For example to ARCOR...
Of course, cancel well in advance because some service contracts in Germany take several months to be terminated. For example some cell phone contracts can stand 4 months (and longer) after your cancellation request (even if you have fully satisfied the minimum contractual period). In terms of service and consumer convenience Germany is quite at the end of the line in Europe. "Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... TritonRider wrote: From: Ewoud Dronkert Ullrich cut off: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...llrich_offbeat Given our experiences with the German phone system it's no big surprise. For the first year, two of the times we lived there, once in Augsburg, and once in Kaiserslautern we used the phone as a "Floor Ornament" because we couldn't get it turned on in any reasonable timeframe. I will say that by the time we last left in 2000 things seemed to work pretty well. I would consider the phone company bull**** as the second most compelling reason not to move. The first would be internet connection bull****. I had to ask three times for a cd containing dsl software that would run on an english windows system, because the latest versions only recognise german directory structures. As a result, the software interface between my computer and the world is old and buggy and crashes at startup at least half the time. When Telekom announced they were going to break into the north american telecommunications market, I just had to shake my head. |
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