This is not directly related to the article but it helps to put the code of conduct of the Deutsche Telekom into perspective: The Deutsche Telekom inherited th

This is not directly related to the article but it helps to put the code of conduct of the Deutsche Telekom into perspective: The Deutsche Telekom inherited the copper infrastructure, when the state-owned Deutsche Post AG was split into private corporations in 1989. Due to this inheritance they are reluctant to build fiber-optical infrastructure. Because they are obligated to allow access to this infrastructure to competitors, they try different ways to put obstacles in competitors path, e.g. by suddenly embracing vectoring which effectivly denies access to competitors. So the customer cannot benefit from fiber optical tech, has bought the whole infrastructure for DT and now pays for it again. The competitors - if not denied access to the DT infrastructure - pay fees to use the infrastructure. So basically the DT has a copper infrastructure which it never paid for, is unwilling to improve and gets money for from many different parties. Their much advertised IPO worked... for the DT, while most of the private investors still feel the burn. They paid roughly 63 EUR per share which immediately dropped to round about 15 EUR which equals the current share price. There are still 17.000 investors sueing over the assumption that the DT knowingly falsified the IPO information.