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title: "Telekom hotspot limits: tethering uses your Datenvolumen · Kilobat"
url: "https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/telekom"
description: "What Telekom publishes about tethering (Persönlicher Hotspot): it shares your tariff’s data volume, SpeedOn when it’s used up, and checking at pass.telekom.de."
---

Hotspot limits · Germany

# Telekom hotspot limits

**Checked 1 November 2026** against Telekom’s own pages. Plans change: your plan’s terms win.

Telekom calls it *Persönlicher Hotspot* or tethering. It shares your mobile tariff’s data volume (*Datenvolumen*) with other devices; Telekom’s help describes no separate hotspot allowance.

Hotspot data

Your tariff’s data volume, shared with the phone.

After it

Telekom publishes no hotspot-only slowdown; when the volume is used up, you can book more with SpeedOn.

Video

Telekom publishes no hotspot-specific video limit.

Check

The MeinMagenta app, the Kundencenter, or `pass.telekom.de` on the phone.

## Hotspot allowance

- Telekom’s help says you can use your mobile tariff’s data volume on several devices, either with a MultiSIM or by setting up a personal hotspot.
- Its hotspot guide calls the feature *Persönlicher Hotspot*, also known as tethering, and shows how to turn it on for iPhone and Android.

## Speed after the allowance

- Telekom doesn’t describe a lower hotspot speed in its help.
- When your data volume is used up before the month ends, Telekom’s help points to booking more with **SpeedOn**.

## Plans without hotspot

The Telekom help pages checked here list no tariff without hotspot.

## Video

Telekom publishes no video limit for hotspot use.

## Check what’s left

1. Open the MeinMagenta app, which shows the data used this month.
2. Or sign in to the Telekom Kundencenter, where it’s on the start page.
3. Or, on the phone’s mobile data, open `pass.telekom.de` in a browser.

## What Kilobat can tell you

If every speed test and big download on your hotspot stops near the same speed on different occasions while the ping stays normal, Health says it looks like a hotspot cap. A weak signal or a busy cell wanders instead, and Kilobat says nothing then. It also notices video held near 1.5 Mbps while other downloads run faster. It can’t see your allowance or tell a hotspot cap from a plan that caps everything: check on the phone too.

It’s free in Health on any phone hotspot, with the measurements behind it in Kilobat Pro, and in the terminal with `kilobat hotspot`. More in [the docs](https://kilobat.app/docs/usage#hotspot-throttling) and [saving hotspot data](https://kilobat.app/save-hotspot-data).

## Questions

**My Telekom hotspot is slow but the phone is fast. Is Telekom limiting it?**

Telekom’s help describes no hotspot speed limit, so check the data volume first at `pass.telekom.de`. If there’s volume left and a speed test on the laptop matches the phone’s, it isn’t the hotspot; if the laptop is much slower, look at the Wi-Fi link between them.

## Sources

- [Telekom Hilfe: Persönlichen Hotspot einrichten](https://www.telekom.de/hilfe/hilfe-bei-stoerungen/persoenlichen-hotspot-einrichten)
- [Telekom Hilfe: Datenvolumen auf mehreren Geräten nutzen](https://www.telekom.de/hilfe/mobilfunk/mobiles-internet/datenvolumen-mehrere-geraete)
- [Telekom Hilfe: Wo kann ich mein aktuell verbrauchtes Datenvolumen ansehen?](https://www.telekom.de/hilfe/vertrag-rechnung/vertrag/meine-daten/datenvolumen-ansehen)
- [Telekom Hilfe: Datenvolumen mit SpeedOn buchen](https://www.telekom.de/hilfe/mobilfunk/mobiles-internet/datenvolumen-speedon-buchen)

Checked against Telekom’s own plan pages, terms and help articles on 1 November 2026. Allowances and speeds differ by plan and change often; what your own plan says wins.

## See what your hotspot is really doing

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows which apps use your hotspot’s data, holds back updaters on metered networks, and says when downloads keep stopping at the same speed.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.31.1.dmg?via=site)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

## More carriers

- [Vodafone Germany](https://kilobat.app/hotspot-limits/vodafone-de): Slower until the end of the billing period once the volume is used, unless you book more.