Accusation of consumer protectors: Telekom to deliberately slow down Internet access

An alliance of several organizations accuses Deutsche Telekom of creating artificial bottlenecks in the network and thus making money. The Group rejects the allegations and calls for counter-criticism.

Together with civil society organizations, the consumer advice center has filed a complaint against Deutsche Telekom with the Federal Network Agency. In it, they accuse Deutsche Telekom of deliberately slowing down their network and thus earning money, reports Der Spiegel. After that, online services could pay Deutsche Telekom so that their sites function properly. Providers who do not pay the money, on the other hand, are difficult or impossibl…