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Germany's (dis)connectivity: Can the broadband Internet gap be bridged?

In German life, there are two complaints shared by nearly everyone: the internet is too slow, and the mobile network too patchy.

Internet

Village expands its self-built broadband network

Shunned by government and big telecom companies, a group of villagers in rural northwest Germany is set to expand the super-fast internet network they built to a second village. The Local's Tomas Urbina went to meet the villagers as they prepare to put shovels in the ground.

Internet

Broadband-for-all quest to get cash injection

The German government is about to plough "hundreds of millions" more euros into creating across-the-board broadband for all internet users, it was reported on Friday.

Internet

German villagers build own broadband network

Hacked off with slow download speeds the locals of Löwenstedt clubbed together the cash to build their own super-fast internet service to the delight of the village's tiny population.