In reply to a post by ian72:

Flat rate refers I think to the cost not the speed.

Maybe, but it could mean anything as it's so unclear with the word 'Internet' in it. For all I know it could mean they won't supply BB to the folks who live on the hill .

Interestingly on Telecom.De Call & Surf Basic package they offer 2 types of connection:

In reference to www.telekom.de/privatkunden/internet/komplettpakete/-/call-und-surf...:

DSL connection on connection type standard (analog) or universal (ISDN): surfing with up to 2,048 kbit / s download and up to 192 kbit / s upload speed

DSL connection on connection type IP: surfing with up to 16,000 kbit / s download and up to 1024 kbit / s upload speed. All information about the IP-based connections can be found here .

The latter seems to be where there is no actual landline but an IP-based telecom connection (VOIP?). However the OP seems to have an ISDN landline and so he is on the fixed speed connection, altho' why he is only getting 1 Meg instead of 2 Meg is unknown.

The latter seems to be where there is no actual landline but an IP-based telecom connection (VOIP?). However the OP seems to have an ISDN landline and so he is on the fixed speed connection, altho' why he is only getting 1 Meg instead of 2 Meg is unknown.

While the 2M package is on sale now, it isn't beyond imagination that there was a 1M one in the recent past, or maybe still is wholesale. Or it could be a profiling gaff.

Escalation with the current ISP to attack the high SNR margin would seem appropriate if migration away or to FTTC isn't practical. Good to see German efficiency in reality