It took a while, but I've made two big service switches:
- Phone service: I'm moving from klarmobil to Ja! Mobil.
- I'm doing this because we get no signal at home with Telefonica's network. Klarmobil was and is a great, reliable provider. They also have a Telekom network plan, but that's a 24 month contract, and as I've learned, anything can happen.
- Checking account/Girokonto: I'm moving from Berliner Sparkasse to 1822MOBILE
- I'm doing this because Berliner Sparkasse has been nickel and diming me, including charging thirty cents for each time I pay for anything. That disincentivizes usage, which defeats the purpose of a checking account.
I'm waiting anxiously for these changes to take effect.