So until now, my Internet provider was Telekom. The minimum contract period was 24 months which ended this month. So I am thinking of switching the service provider. A major reason for the switch is that they have increased the monthly cost to a whopping 60 Euros and I don't pay this much for a 100 Mbps plan. In fact, I plan to choose lower speeds for my next contract.

I first checked out 1&1 website and they offer it for 10 euros per month for the first 10 months after which the cost becomes 45 euros 40 euros for the 50 Mbps plan. However, when I compare them on check24.de, I could not find them. Am I missing something here?

What is the general procedure to switch service provider? Should I first cancel my existing contract with Telekom and then Apply for a new connect with the new service provider? Or do I directly apply for a new one and the change gets automatically handled between the service providers?

Edit 1: Price correction for 1&1 plan

by RippedRaven8055

5 comments

  1. They cancel for you in general.

    Than you get the information on when you will have the line switchover and if there is a technician appointment booked (normally on a hot switchover not needed) switch over (in the meantime you might have desperate calls from your ex… The magenta-giant)

    But the switch over usually happens over night.

    As you are switching from Telekom if you have a Speedport branded router you might need to buy/rent a different router from 1&1 as you can’t resetup them for non Telekom. If you have a FRITZ!Box with Telekom you are fine.

  2. Check24 finances itself using provisions they get from the services they recommend. So my assumption would be that 1&1 just doesn’t do that, so they’re not listed. (That’s a big problem with Check24 in general, I’d never use it as a single research method.)

    I can personally recommend 1&1, they are generally cheaper than Telekom, with the same stability (at least in my experience) and their support is good. Only thing – be careful what boxes you tick during sign-up, many of them are optional and you don’t need your ISP collecting ad data.

    In terms of switching, usually the new provider can take care of cancelling the old contract. I believe 1&1 can do that for you.

  3. I did this to save a little and went to Vodafone, BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. I am in Hamburg- Altona and I got my Internet cut off more times in a couple of weeks than Telekom in years.

    Then they refused to cancel my contract, even though I did before 14 days of signing. It took months of fighting but now I am back to Telekom.

    *AVOID VODAFONE LIKE THE PLAGUE*

  4. Why do you want to go down to 50mbps for the next 2 years ?

  5. Tangential option:
    I bought a 5G router (TPLink x50) and have an o2 unlimited max plan for mobile + duplicate sim,

    The plan often goes on promotion from 99.99 -> 29.99 + 10 second sim per month (and if you wanted you can also get an iphone or any other phone making it a better deal)

    Not the answer you were looking for but it works great (I checked first 5G reception), is tremendously cheap and mobile

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