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Internet Treaties with limited data volume, throttled speed, violation of net neutrality: Now the telecom respond to the heavy criticism of their new tariff model. In the future there will be flat rate, without limitation, the Group’s CEO Obermann known.
Telecom submitted its interim results for the first quarter of 2013. But to significantly more interest than the recent sales figures are likely the statements of Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann join the new volume limits for Internet services.
Telekom wants to differentiate their prices in the future, said Obermann: “With rates for the average user, where as much data transport is covered by the base price, as the vast majority of customers actually needed And with offers for a few percent of heavy users, the unlimited data. include, but also a few euros will be more expensive then – from today’s perspective 10-20 euros a month. ” The Deutsche Telekom CEO: “We want to offer flat rates in the future.”
The Group thus distancing part of its previously proposed amendment to the tariff model, future volume limits provided in all new contracts for landline and Internet rates. A Telecom spokesman confirmed Süddeutsche.de over that the Group responds to the clearly expressed desire of customers for flat rates. “From 2016, when the throttle grips with volume exceeded, we will also offer flat rate data without restriction,” said Blank.
Since 2 May, in all new customer contracts a data limit. From 2016, the speed of the Internet connection can be cut back significantly in excess of the volume of data, the company had announced the end of April. The Telekom was under fierce attack for this change in the tariff structure in the criticism – most recently at Digital conference re: publica
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network experts have criticized the volume tariffs, especially that of the telecom television service Entertain in contrast to some competing offerings from Apple or Amazon should be exempt from the volume limit – and see it as a violation of net neutrality. According to this principle, all data should be treated equally in network. The Agency invited by Telekom already informed about the plans. Criticism also came from the federal government. Of the whole debate is now with the published fares at the end probably left primarily a price increase for flat rates.
“we will not only showered with praise That was clear. We do not ignore the criticism,” said Obermann now during the presentation of the quarterly figures. “Our deals are also in 2016 with the market and be worth its price.”
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