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Unitymedia (now Vodafone)
Unitymedia was a cable provider available in Germany. Unitymedia was part of the bigger Liberty Global group. It has been acquired by Vodafone in 2019. Since the technical integration of the networks as well as websites is still ongoing, this page should stay for now.
Available Hardware
Unitymedia offers different sets of hardware bundled with their contracts:
- Connectbox
- Fritzbox 6430 Cable
- Fritzbox 6490 Cable
- Fritzbox 6590 Cable
- Fritzbox 6591 Cable
- Horizon receiver
Cable Specs
Unitymedia has deployed a Euro-Docsis 3.0 cable network. The rollout of Docsis 3.1 is ongoing. The PCP (Port Control Protocol) is not yet supported by the Unitymedia AFTR implementation.
AFTR Addresses
| IP Address | FQDN | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 2a02:908::1:4000 | 7111a-aftr-01.aftr.umkbw.net | ??? |
| 2a02:908::2:4000 | de-krp01a-cr07.aftr.umkbw.net, de-dus01a-cr09.aftr.umkbw.net | Kerpen, Düsseldorf |
| 2a02:908::5:4000 | de-cgn01a-cr09.aftr.umkbw.net | Köln |
| 2a02:908::8:4000 | de-dtm01a-cr15.aftr.umkbw.net | Dortmund |
| 2a02:908::10:4000 | de-aah01a-cr06.aftr.umkbw.net | Aachen |
| 2a02:908::13:4000 | de-dus01a-cr12.aftr.umkbw.net | Düsseldorf |
| 2a02:908::33:4000 | de-dus23e-rt01.aftr.umkbw.net | Düsseldorf |
| 2a02:8071:2000:310::1 | de-mhg01a-cr01.aftr.kabelbw.de | Mönchengladbach |
| 2a02:8071:2000:312::1 | de-kae01a-cr01.aftr.kabelbw.de | Karlsruhe |
Assigned IPv6 Prefix
Unitymedia assigns the following prefixes for Dual-Stack and DS-Lite accounts. It is independent of business or customer account.
- NRW: /59
- Hessen: /59
- BW: /56
DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout
Unitymedia first started testing DOCSIS 3.1 in Bochum in May 2017. The FritzBox 6591 Cable is initially used. The Connectbox v2 should become available later. The rollout is ongoing. Currently, DOCSIS 3.1 with a data rate of up to 1Gbps is available in:
- Bochum
- Cologne
- Düsseldorf
- Frankfurt
- Heilbronn
- Mannheim
- Hagen
- Ennepetal
- Gevelsberg
- Herdecke
- Wetter (Ruhr) Availability Check can be found here
Contact Information
Telephone:
Germany-wide hotlines by category since Vodafone takover
- Contracts: 0221/4661 91 00 or 0800/70 011 77 or 0176/8886 63 10
- Product information and orders: 0221/4661 90 98
- Technical questions and incidents (24/7): 0221/4661 91 00 or 0800/700 11 77 or 0176/888 663 10
Custom Hardware
Unitymedia provides support to activate customer-owned hardware based on the “Routerfreiheit” policy. Custom hardware can be activated by either calling the hotline or (better) using the customer service chat on the website. Please keep your customer account number, as well as the serial number S/N and CM-MAC (both should be provided by the modem / router vendor) at hand as it is needed in the process to active the hardware.