{"id":5143,"date":"2013-05-31T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-hoepfl.com\/digital-world\/dear-telekom-this-is-how-fast-internet-works-without-throttling\/05-2013\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:02:14","slug":"dear-telekom-this-is-how-fast-internet-works-without-throttling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michael-hoepfl.com\/en\/digital-world\/dear-telekom-this-is-how-fast-internet-works-without-throttling\/05-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Telekom, This Is How Fast Internet Works Without Throttling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.golem.de\/news\/google-fiber-mit-1-gbit-s-ohne-volumenlimit-laesst-sich-geld-verdienen-1305-99540.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This article on Golem.de<\/a> shows how Google makes money from fibre connections in the USA. Dear \u201cDrosselkom\u201d, you could learn a thing or two from that! Google may only be rolling out these connections in metropolitan areas, but Telekom also claims that throttling was introduced because expanding the access network is expensive \u2013 and most connections are naturally located in urban areas. More background and information on how much one GB of traffic costs Telekom can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golem.de\/news\/drosselung-die-maer-vom-teuren-traffic-oder-wie-viel-kostet-ein-gbyte-1305-99300-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in another Golem article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article on Golem.de shows how Google makes money from fibre connections in the USA. Dear \u201cDrosselkom\u201d, you could learn a thing or two from that! 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