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As a regular tourist visiting Greece the slow internet in tourist areas is "a feature, not a bug" for me. It allows me to stay connected, download during the night some podcast shows and stream music. Video is painfully slow which motivates me to hang out with people or read books. Lovely.

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It's fine for you because you get to leave the country as your vacation ends. That's a terrible take for the rest of us who arent so lucky.

- Sent from my phone, which is glued to the window because it's the only spot where i can get enough bars for my mobile connection. I 'm waiting for the landline (50mbps DSL) for 4 months.

May I ask what sort of environment you’re in? Apartment/detached home? Athens? City? Island?

i m in an apartment inside the city, not some remote place. no provider offers better service (in fact i switched provider to maybe speed up things)

I recalled the big WiFi sign in the middle of the Torres del Paine trek. When you come closer it says in spanish: "no wifi, enjoy the nature"

But presumably they want to have some advanced industry of their own and not just be a theme park for tourists?

I mean at the moment the choice for young Greeks is basically government work, hospitality, or move abroad.

There are some occasionally good opportunities in Thessaloniki and Athens in IT, however since covid, I think it would be great for the local economy if we could get more remote based work on the islands, besides the tourist based economy.

It isn't easy, though.

Yep.

The author of the post thoroughly covers the Greek startup & tech ecosystem.

It's growing, impressively so considering the last decade, but is going to be hitting limits like these internet speed issues if it's going to keep growing.

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