Best internet providers for geeks in Germany?

[edrix 0]

Hi all,
I'm looking for suggestions for a good internet provider in Germany (big-city urban area). I'm currently with Vodafone and I'm done with them: confusing offers, price hikes, long contracts, the usual nightmare. What I want:

• Use my own router
• Option for a public, routable IPv4 (not necessarily static) so I can host a small website/service. I know AirVPN can do many things, but a real public IP would be ideal
• Transparent pricing and reasonably short contract terms (or month-to-month)
• Less aggressive marketing campaign
• I don't care so much about latency, but high total data volume per month is important
• Bonus: providers that are popular with more technical users

I'm also open to using an Italian SIM and roaming if that's a reasonable alternative (anyone doing that for stable home internet?). Edited ... by Federico Marotta

[Tech Jedi Alex 1513]

Read Finanztip's article on internet providers first, it's got most of that info.
 

19 hours ago, edrix said:

I don't care so much about latency, but high total data volume per month is important 

No such thing with DSL or Fiber. Though, you should care about latency as it impacts the throughput.
 

19 hours ago, edrix said:

Bonus: providers that are popular with more technical users

Well, I've been using Telekom for more than a decade now (with a short two year pause when I lived in Hannover where I had to use Vodafone Kabel DE, it was enough to never subscribe to them again). Never had problems with VPN connections with Telekom.

[edrix 0]

This is great, thanks for all the info!