Is Germany lagging when it comes to wifi?

Free wifi? What could go wrong?

A monthly pass to T-Mobile's hotspot.de is only € 29.95.

just a comment.

i thought the lawsuititis was limited to the USA. i guess "greed overcomes all doubt" is catchy.

I didnt think that the lack of wi-fi in Germany was any worse than most of the places i visited this year. But i did feel that Krakow was more connected than any place i visited.

happy trails.

Frank II,

I wasn't aware of the legal liability rules in Germany, and surprised to hear about that.

I've always had good Wi-Fi access at the hotels I've used in Germany, and this year was no exception in Dresden and Munich. Most places require a password, but that's normal in many places in Europe. I initially had a few problems getting a connection established at the hotel in Dresden, but their network provider had a 24-hour "help line" with English-speaking staff, and we got it sorted eventually. While in Munich in September, I watched part of the Keynote streamed from Apple to introduce the iPhone 6 on Wi-Fi, and the speeds seemed to be good.

Hopefully they modernize the laws soon.

Interesting. Last summer I stayed in a tiny pension in Munich that had excellent, fast and free Wi-Fi. But this explains why there was a card on the desk reminding guests not to illegally share copyrighted material ...

I haven't experienced any significant problems using WLAN in Germany, in various locations.

When I was in Innsbruck a few years ago, there was generally accessible WLAN in town. I could, for instance, get on the Austrian Rail website for train schedules, but I could not access Hotmail. I thought at the time that they just didn't want people using up the bandwidth sending emails, but maybe that was to prevent people from file sharing over the WLAN.

The answer is a simple YES. Yes, Germany is lagging when it comes to Wifi. Your best bet it to buy a T-Mobile HotSpot pass. They provide very slow and instable WiFi on trains and pretty reliable ones in train stations...