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{{Short description|German news portal}}
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'''t-online.de''' is a German [[news portal]], owned and published by digital multi-channel media company [[Ströer]]. It reaches over 179 million visits per month<ref name="ivw">{{cite web|url=http://ausweisung.ivw-online.de/index.php?i=116&mz_szm=201802&pis=0&az_filter=0&kat1=0&kat2=0&kat3=0&kat4=0&kat5=0&kat6=0&kat7=0&kat8=0&sort=vgd&suche=&it=1&setc=1&ic=1|title=Usage data|website=IVW Ausweisung Digital-Angebote|access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> coming from 29 million unique visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stroeerdigitalpublishing.de/index.html%3Fp=379.html|title=STRÖER DIGITAL PUBLISHING - Companies|website=Ströer Digital Publishing|date=2 May 2022 }}</ref> The editorial team is located in [[Berlin]].

==History==
[[File:t-online.de.svg|Historical t-online logo from 1995 to 25&nbsp;March 2019|alt=Historical T-Online logo 1995 to 25 March 2019|thumb]]
In 1995 [[Deutsche Telekom]] renamed the ''[[Bildschirmtext]]'' (BTX) service as "T-Online". In Spring 2000, T-Online became the first major [[Internet service provider|ISP]] in Germany to offer a [[Flat rate|flat-rate]] [[Dial-up Internet access|dialup]] plan for consumers. This was important because local telephone calls in Germany, including dialup access to ISPs, were not offered on a flat price per call (i.e., unlimited) basis. The flat-rate service was also offered to customers with [[ISDN]] connections at the same price as for analog service. In spring 2001, T-Online announced the demise of the flat-rate dialup plan but offered a flat-rate [[DSL]] plan in its place.

Deutsche Telekom (T-Online) was the monopoly [[Internet Service Provider]] (ISP) for the [[Internet in Germany|German Internet]] until its [[privatization]] in 1995, and the dominant ISP thereafter.<ref name="dtag-interneten">{{cite book | title= Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe: Venture Failure and the Timing of Telecommunications Reform | first= Niko Marcel | last= Waesche | pages= [https://archive.org/details/internetentrepre0000waes/page/162 162]–164 | year= 2003 | publisher= Edward Elgar Publishing | isbn= 978-1-84376-135-8 | url= https://archive.org/details/internetentrepre0000waes| url-access= registration }}</ref> Until the 21st century, Deutsche Telekom controlled almost all Internet access by individuals and small businesses in Germany.<ref name="dtag-interneten"/>

The website '''t-online.de''' was taken over by digital multi-channel media company [[Ströer]] in 2015. In addition to acquiring a major news site, the synergy enables Ströer to publish T-Online editorial content via a network of public video screens in shopping malls as well as train and subway stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onetoone.de/de/artikel/stroeer-uebernimmt-interactive-media-und-t-online-de|title = Ströer übernimmt Interactive Media und T-online.de}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.t-online.de/}}

[[Category:Deutsche Telekom]]
[[Category:Internet service providers of Germany]]
[[Category:Companies based in Berlin]]
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[[Category:German companies established in 1995]]
[[Category:Web portals]]