Telekom connection - line already laid, still have to pay 600€?

Telekom says that no earthworks are included - we asked twice again and dug ourselves... then we were almost finished and the civil engineer called and came by and laughed at us that we dug ourselves - he would have done that (he then also did the last part). Until today I don’t know if that is always included or not.

Until today, I don't know whether it is always included or not.

It is not included with Telekom. Therefore, it is advisable to install the telephone cable at the same time as the other lines.

Right, I just checked - they would have charged a lot of money for that if it had been done separately from electricity and water.

Everything was done within one day - by an excavator.

So, 599.95€ were debited from us two days ago, and that is a flat rate including earthworks. Since these were also carried out for us (cable was on the property), I am sure about that, and this was also clearly communicated beforehand by the friendly lady at the homeowners' hotline. Maybe it is different depending on the subcontractor. And this flat rate is really good. Two of them dug for half a day at our place, then a technician from Telekom came because they couldn't find the cable. In the end, it was simply lying very deep on the property. But everything was included in the price. Otherwise, it would have become quite expensive.

The earthworks were included in the 400 euros back then.

completely impossible, as the earthworks are significantly more expensive. they already charge 50 euros per meter of digging...

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