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  • June 12, 2026
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Hello, 

 

I changed my Vodafone DSL line to O2 Cabel and my connection was supposed to be activated on Monday 8th of June. I bought a router from ebay and I typed in my mac Adress on Monday, I called O2 and informed them and I waited for some hours for my router to be activated. It turned out that the router I bought was used by Vodafone and it was a rental. The next day I bought a "clean" router from amazon and directly called O2 to change my mac Adress. They guy from support told me it might take up to 4 hours or maybe even 24h. It's been 4 days since that and I still have no internet!!!I am calling every morning and asking if my mac address have been changed, to which I get the answer that "it has been passed to vodafone and that it should take 4 hours or a day or whatever. Some told me that they put me on priority list (whatever that means), yesterday they told me that it is scheduled to be activated between 16:00 - 20:00. But guess what... Nothing happened!!! I've been waiting for a week now for nothing, weekend is coming and I would like to use the Internet connection that I'm paying for... Please somebody do something about it, this is crazy! 

 

o2_Giulia, 12.06.2026, 13:53: verschoben von DSL, Kabel & Glasfaser zu  English O₂ Community: Broadband & Landline

7 Antworten

Joe Doe
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  • June 12, 2026

@AlexDrv Do you see a download and upload synchronization during pre-activation? This should be below 1 Mbit/s.

Which specific FRITZ!Box model are you using?


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  • June 12, 2026

I'm using the fritzbox 6660. I don't know anything about pre-activation download and upload speeds, this is the first time I'm hearing it (I have no connection at all). How would I have that if my modem is basically not activated yet? 


Joe Doe
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  • June 12, 2026

@AlexDrv login in the Fritz!box over http://192.168.178.1 and than Internet/Kabelinformationen/Übersicht

You see your download / upload sync. Should about 0.2 - 1 Mbit → box is in preactivation


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  • June 12, 2026

There is no download and no upload speed, it's basically 0.


Joe Doe
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@AlexDrv Please call the hotline again and let them know that there is no download/upload sync. A technician needs to come out.


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  • June 12, 2026

So you are saying that no matter what (activated modem or not) there should be some small indication of Internet? 


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  • June 13, 2026

That was not the case. For some reason my line was activated on 12.06 instead of the initial day on 08.06 and guess what... They activated the line with the wrong mac Adress, that means I might need to wait for another 48 hours for it to be changed.... THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!