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[โ€“] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most providers in the US allow it too. It's great that Germany has it enshrined in law, but in practice it's not the exception.

[โ€“] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It's been allowed everywhere I have ever lived in the US.

The issues you'll run into is they get all stupid about it if your service ever goes down. They'll always blame your router/modem first. (Literally the entire neighborhood could be down and they'll act like it's something specific to your device). Sometimes they try to charge an install fee or a connection fee or other dumb shit.

I think their are local laws that require them to allow byod too. It depends on your area though.