Hello everyone,

Hello everyone,

I'm writing something on the subject of FritzBox AVM and the cable providers with their brandings , which makes me feel pretty cheated.
First of all, the cable providers decide to offer the AVM boxes to customers and collect money accordingly. So once the box was paid for.

The sales offer was also very clever, for example it was called "FritzBox 6490 CABLE". When I decided on the HomeBox from Kabel Deutschland, I went to the AVM website and looked up what the box can do.

What I didn't know at the time, however, was that the box was actually cropped to half its functionality by my cable provider and that I actually can't do much with the box. If someone were to say at this point, good, it was "free" for that - they are completely wrong. Of course, the box is paid for by the end customer; even the development of the "cropped" software ultimately costs the consumer money.

Now the router is no longer required and AVM sells the "free" boxes. At the same time, he does everything to ensure that the cable providers can continue with their modified boxes, as before, and sell their free boxes according to the motto: They can't help the machinations of the providers, but if you want to get rid of them , he can get a second box! ".

Sold twice to a customer and made with a half-functioning box - which would otherwise be a warranty case - for a "fully functioning" advertisement!

So I made up my mind and ordered a DOCSIS router from TP-Link. Further hardware is also obtained from other manufacturers. Personally, I'll pay more in the future, but I'll never use a single piece of AVM hardware in my life.