How to find the right internet and TV subscription for you
Compare online the Swiss Internet and TV subscription providers. Keep an eye on the jungle of tariffs with alao and find the perfect subscription for you.
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Internet for home is available in Switzerland in every canton. Capacities are constantly being expanded. The connection should be faster and stronger, and the price unbeatable. Many Swiss households have ADSL and DSL lines, and in larger cities an Internet connection via fibre-optic cable is also available. Since multimedia services will continue to require ever higher bandwidths for the Internet at home in the future, connections with fibre-optic and copper lines will be expanded more and more throughout Switzerland. You can save money optimally if you find a combination of Internet and TV subscription for your home that suits your needs. We'll help you!
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UPC
Swisscom's largest non-governmental competitor is the Internet provider UPC. The company operates its own fibre-optic network and covers telephony and digital television as well as the Internet. UPC has been part of the Sunrise company since 2019.Swisscom
The undisputed market leader among Internet service providers in Switzerland is also the predominant owner of telephone lines. Swisscom plans that by the end of 2021 90% of the Swiss population will have access to the most modern fibre-optic network. A large proportion of Swiss IT services will also be handled by Swisscom.Teleboy
The company is known as a provider of Internet TV, but there are also cheap offers for mobile telephony and Internet.Salt
Salt also advertises with fast Internet (maximum up- and download speed 10 MBit/s) and cheap offers for TV, mobile and fixed network. Sometimes a relocation offers a reason to change your internet provider, but of course the price war on the market also leads to new, tempting offers concerning internet and TV subscription. Also, the constantly improving quality and speed of Internet connections will sometimes make you think about changing providers.In the Internet provider comparison you should consider apart from the most favorable tariffs also additional costs like a service lump sum or a setup fee, which can precipitate depending upon offerer very differently.
It should also be noted that in Switzerland, some providers can massively restrict Internet access via mobile phone depending on data consumption. This is the case, for example, with Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt.
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If you want to switch to combined Internet and TV offers, you should know your user behaviour. Which channels do you watch regularly, are they included in the provider's package? Do you record programmes in order to watch them at different times? And with regard to TV / Internet / telephone combined offers in comparison, not only the package price is decisive, but also these questions: Which apps and services do you use for how long? Do you need a flat rate abroad?
If you also want to have your landline phone with you when you subscribe to TV and Internet, it is definitely worth first comparing the minute rates. If you are dependent on a seamless change of provider or a complete new contract is necessary, you should take care of an installation appointment with your future provider in good time. If an offer from an Internet and TV comparison is interesting for several users, it can come to waiting times here.
In most cases, you will have to cancel existing telephone, DSL or TV contracts yourself. To do this, you send a registered letter to your current provider in which you state your customer number and which services you want to cancel on which date. Some providers, e.g. Swisscom, take care of a cancellation for you, Sunrise provides you with the cancellation templates. It is best to inform yourself about your provider's services in good time.
If you only need a monthly cancellable Internet for a short stay in Switzerland, you can come back to the "pay as you go" tariff from Interxs.
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Switzerland currently has no fewer than 28 Internet providers. Although everyone knows the big providers such as Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt, this does not automatically mean that they are cheap Internet providers. It is definitely worthwhile to study the Internet tariffs of the smaller, less well-known providers.
Yallo, an offshoot of Sunrise, is repeatedly mentioned in connection with the cheapest Internet provider in Switzerland. For people who hardly make any more calls but only use the smartphone services, Sunrise has a good offer with the "Young Swiss Data" tariff.
When changing providers, always pay attention to the minimum contract duration, depending on how long you intend to use the offer.
Whether you need WLAN at home at all if your mobile phone already has unlimited Internet access without data throttling depends on your usage behaviour. If you mainly use your mobile phone to connect to the Internet, you can do without WLAN. But if you like to gamble online or stream movies, you can't avoid a WLAN connection because you need a higher speed.
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According to a recent test by connect.de, Swisscom wins the trophy for the best network coverage and quality just ahead of operator Sunrise.
Currently, Salt Fiber could probably be described as the fastest Internet in Switzerland, advertising at speeds of 10 Gbit per second and thus ten times faster than the competition.
It is possible to use TV and radio simultaneously, surf the Internet and make phone calls with a single connection. If large amounts of data are downloaded at the same time, it is possible that, depending on the provider, the sound quality of the telephony may deteriorate somewhat.
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As you have already noticed, there are some things to consider in order to find your suitable combination offer. alao.ch helps you to filter the offers according to your wishes. Click on the items in our list that suit you and find your perfect supplier easily and uncomplicated!