29.06.2020 – 08:41
Verivox GmbH
Heidelberg (ots)
Fast internet over fiber optic cables is often only in big cities selectively expanded: Wuppertal is not one of the 20 largest German cities at all, in 11 cities the rate is below 5 percent. Only Cologne, Hamburg and Munich have good expansion figures with up to 80 percent.
Local network operators are driving expansion
“The comparatively high fiber availability in Cologne, Hamburg and Munich is largely due to the many years of expansion work by local network operators on site,” said Jens-Uwe Theumer, Vice President Telecommunications at Verivox. “Providers like NetCologne, M-net and formerly HanseNet have made great strides here.”
In the West, the fiber optic supply often only reaches single-digit percentages. In Wuppertal it is zero, in Essen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Bochum between 1 and 4 percent. “In densely populated regions, many households are already supplied with cable or VDSL connections,” says Theumer. “In particular, the major network providers are temporarily investing in these technologies, the speeds of which are still sufficient for most customers. In addition, the 5G expansion is pending. That is why the cost-intensive fiber is often given less priority.”
Island supply outside the big cities
In no single major German city, fiber optics have been completely expanded. But there are well-supplied islands in very different regions. In Kornwestheim in the north of Stuttgart, for example, the glass fiber quota is 93 percent, but in Stuttgart itself it is only 2 percent. In the Hessian banking metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, the coverage ratio is only 1 percent, but not far in the state capital Wiesbaden, 89 percent.
As part of its economic and future package, the Federal Government has announced that it will cut red tape and further develop fiber optic funding. “This is overdue,” says Theumer, “because in the past, only a fraction of the funding for broadband expansion had been used.” Rural areas in particular remain mostly undersupplied. Lighthouse projects such as those in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are rare: there, several small towns have a fiber-optic supply of 100 percent, supported by the federal government’s funding program. that also lay fiber optics when expanding the energy networks.
Gigabit speed in all 20 major cities
In contrast, the supply of cable internet in many cities is over 90 percent. It is highest in Bonn with 98 percent, lowest in Duisburg with 74 percent. In all 20 cities, regardless of the technology, a surfing speed of 1000 megabits per second (Mbit / s) is available for download. However, the majority of Gigabit connections are made via cables and not via fiber – conventional DSL lines are not Gigabit-capable anyway and reach a maximum of 250 Mbit / s.
“In many locations, cables will remain the fastest technology available in the medium term,” says Theumer. “But especially at peak times, cable internet reaches its limits. Fiber optic connections are often not only faster, but also much more stable.”
methodology
The percentages for fiber optic and cable supply for private households were taken from the Federal Broadband Atlas on June 12, 2020 (last update there: March 27, 2020; fiber optic is taken into account via the FTTB / FTTH connection technologies. The hybrid use of fiber optic as part of the cable network backbone is falling not below). If there was no singular value for the urban area, the figures for the inner city districts were collected individually and then averaged (in Cologne, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen). If there were different values for the cable supply, the value for 200 Mbit / s was used. The fastest speeds available come from the rates for stationary broadband booked through Verivox from January to June 2020.
Further information
Graphic representation and all individual values: https://www.verivox.de/verbraucheratlas/internet-deutschland/
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Verena Blöcher, Tel .: +49 (0) 6221 7961 – 193,
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