DSL vs. Fiber Optic Experiences?

Hello, thank you very much.

Regarding the hardware, we always rent the Fritz Box because we have very good experiences with it.

A silly question. We have DSL wired in the house. Can you simply connect the fiber optic from the node to the DSL wiring, or does a completely new socket have to be installed? The latter is also not a problem.

Otherwise, it is also about upload and download speeds. Whether to stay with DSL or switch to fiber optic.

For a single-family house, the fiber optic connection is laid into the house. Whether the provider also does this for an apartment, I cannot say. But you should be able to find out from the company that is expanding the network at your location. Usually, the information is also well explained on the website. DSL and fiber optic have nothing to do with each other. The old wiring cannot be used further.

A stupid question. We have DSL wired in the house. Can you simply connect the fiber optic from the distribution point to the DSL wiring, or does a completely new socket have to be installed?

Between DSL and fiber optic, I do not see any difference in the sense that you can also get Digital Subscriber Line via fiber optic into the house; you probably mean DSL only as the old CuDA. Yes and no. Yes, because you will use the same paths into the house arriving from the KVt/DSLAM, and the APL for fiber optic is often installed in the same place as its predecessor for (only) the classic copper TAL. And no, because fiber optic of course cannot be connected to the TAE of the copper technology. But you can hang all new stuff in the same cabinet as before.

DSL and fiber optic have nothing to do with each other. The old wiring cannot be used any further.

Copper and fiber optic cables are completely different transmission media and systems, both can do DSL in principle, only that high-speed DSL is no longer marketed as DSL.

Otherwise, I'm also concerned about upload and download speeds. Whether to stay with DSL or switch to fiber optic.

Upload is almost in the fine print, since most customers are neither streaming providers nor operate data centers, but upload their tax returns to Elster as their most demanding application.

So, for me as a dummy to remember: fiber optic is the Ferrari and usually much faster than DSL

Correct?

A stupid question. We have DSL wired in the house. Can you simply connect the fiber optic from the node to the DSL wiring, or does a completely new socket have to be installed?

Just to be sure: By the socket and DSL wiring you really mean the socket where your DSL router is plugged in and not some LAN socket where you plug in a PC (where the cable then runs to your router or a switch)

So, for me as a dummy to keep track. Fiber optic is the Ferrari and usually much faster than DSL

Yes and no. Fiber optic is the Bugatti Tourbillon, copper can also be a Ferrari. At Telekom, fiber optic is indeed 4x faster than copper, but copper with 250 Mbps is already faster than any normal user (and power surfer/streamer) needs.