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Congstar - discount mobile phone and DSL service

Budget daughter brand from Deutsche Telekom

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minga

Jul 19 2007, 9:13 am

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http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.a...p;type=&yr=
Deutsche Telekom has launched its congstar discount brand for mobile phone and DSL services. Customers are not required to sign minimum contracts and can cancel at the end of any month with two weeks' notice. Telekom CEO Rene Obermann said congstar was the company's response to competition from discount operators. Congstar offers two product categories: congstar surf and congstar voice tariffs. The mobile voice tariff offers a flat-rate of EUR 0.19 per minute for calls the fixed network and all mobile networks. There is no subscription fee and no minimum monthly revenue obligation. The voice tariff can be extended with extra options, including a fixed-network flat-rate for EUR 9.95 per month and a congstar flat-rate offering unlimited calls between congstar users for EUR 4.99 per month. The surf package includes a DSL 2000 connection with DSL flat-rate for EUR 14.99 per month. This can be upgraded with higher DSL speeds or a VoIP flat-rate package.

Congstar Website

Darkknight

Jul 19 2007, 9:29 am

Great.. Even worse service and support from Telekom, and you though they were bad before with normal full price service...

minga

Jul 19 2007, 10:28 am

Service aside, the pricing is competitive.

maddul

Jul 19 2007, 11:13 am

Well doesnt seem cheaper than Alice. You still need a Deutsche Telekom analog or ISDN line to use Congstar. Making the overall montly cost not THAT competitive. Add in the fact that you only get a DSL 2000 for the cheapest setup (half of what you get with Alice) and the 50 yoyos startup fee and as far as I can see no free DSL modem and the thing doesnt look too attractive anymore. Plus side is that you can cancel the contract within 2 weeks and you can use call-by-call. The latter is not really anything exclusive as you are always using a T-Com landline which as all know by law HAS to allow call-by-call numbers. Seems more like just a repackaged Telekom than a discount Telekom offer.

rollUpandDown

Nov 14 2007, 12:37 pm

Well,
I am kind of interested in going for their package. =).

From my understanding, they will only require you to have a normal telephone line (there is no need to have DSL and such?)

I am aware that Congstar (www.congstar.de) is actually pretty new in the industry, but I couldn't really find any reviews about them.
If I am not wrong, it is under the umbrella brand of Telekom Net, so it should be not bad, I guess?
But still, it is the best to hear the reviews from the pal here.

Any comments on the internet connection provided by company (such as, activation time, up-time, customer service, and connection speed, and etc)?

Thanks!

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miwild

Nov 14 2007, 12:49 pm

Not all that new actually ... being a "discount-daughter" of Deutsche Telekom ...

garibaldi

Nov 14 2007, 1:02 pm

Ohne Mindestlaufzeit
Der größte Vorteil von Congstar: Die Tarife haben keine Mindestlaufzeit und sind zwei Wochen zum Monatsende kündbar. Das ist kundenfreundlich, weil gerade die DSL-Preise stark in Bewegung sind und die Anbieter die günstigsten Raten meistens oft an die längste Laufzeit, nämlich 24 Monate, koppeln. Auch die Mobilfunktarife sind noch in Bewegung, obwohl der Preiskampf sich hier etwas abgekühlt hat.

In short: there is no minimum 24-month contract period and you can cancel the contract 2 weeks prior to the end of the month. Cool, eh?
PS I don't work for Congstar.
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rollUpandDown

Nov 14 2007, 4:15 pm

Yea, it is kind of cool, and that is exactly the reason - no min contract and fussy here&there.
But, isn't there any catch?
Hehehe...

Well, seems like too wonderful to have all good things under a package eh.

YorkshireLad6

Nov 14 2007, 5:52 pm

Congstar has been around for a number of years, but not in this form. It used to be called "Congster" until it was relaunched in July this year. It's simply T-Online under another name with a much simpler, cut-back offering. The backbone is the same as T-Online, therefore excellent for surfing in Germany, pretty good into Europe, but nothing special outside the continent.

shigehiro

Nov 15 2007, 2:03 am

And I just found out from their website that they can get the connection up pretty quickly too.
Not 100% guaranteed, but they stated 8-12 days for activation.

YorkshireLad6

Nov 15 2007, 9:51 am

So long? Despicable...

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