More and more providers on the German market for a UMTS Flatrate cavort. The tariffs for mobile Internet are increasingly opaque in the German mobile market. Almost daily, new entrants will be added. Especially smaller providers try to conquer the market with their low rates for a UMTS flat rate. Score more prepaid provider with a UMTS flat rate. But what are the advantages of such a flat rate with it? In addition to the mobility, especially the fast connection to the Internet outweighs.

Customers who own a UMTS flat rate in connection with HSDPA, can reach a maximum speed of 7.2 Mbit / s. This speed is comparable with a traditional DSL connection. Advantage over the fixed DSL connection, the speed of up to 7.2 Mbit / s can be achieved nationwide. In addition, more and more providers offer the data Turbo for high upload speeds, HSUPA. HSUPA can a maximum upload speed of up to 1.45 Mbit / s reach. Thus is a UMTS flat rate includes a traditional DSL connection comparable.

Both products differ only in the ping times. A UMTS Flatrate has a relatively high ping, so that this flat rate is not directly suitable for playing online. However, if looking for an alternative to the DSL connection is with a UMTS flat rate well. Meanwhile, more and more providers offer a flat rate with no contract. The customer may terminate this monthly depending on the contract. Take the UMTS flat rate, there are also many other interesting offers. So for example the provider Fonic offers its customers the possibility to book a day Flatrate UMTS. With the daily flat rate the customer can use the UMTS network by Fonic (O2) for 24 hours. Torsten Heinsius