When I went to Germany before Covid, my phone always connected to the telekom.de network. I always got a great signal which was really fast (30 MBPS +).
Since 2021, this has changed for the worse. My phone now connects to o2-de, which often says 4G but gives me 2-3 MBPS on average. Once I had 4 bars but only about 0.05 MBPS, not even enough for Google Maps. I often find myself moved over to vodafone.de, which I have learned to be EE's backup. This seems a lot more reliable, though I am limited to Edge data. This problem seems specific to Germany, I can roam in other EU countries without issue.
I'm going to be going through Germany in a couple of weeks, so I would like to clarify the following:
1. Is manually connecting to telekom.de currently possible?
2. Does EE have any plans to let us use 4/5G on vodafone? If Telekom can't be done this would be almost as good.
3. If not what's the best way to stay connected in Germany with the current situation.
4. Are EE and Telekom.de still partners and is there a plan to re-enable this in future? They are still listed as such and Deutsch Telekom owns part of BT.
