Greece Has Opened Up for Remote Work – All You Need Is Fast and Reliable Internet
The digital nomad visa is real, the islands are real, and so is the moment you realize the apartment’s Wi-Fi is a single ADSL line shared with the flat below. Greek island connectivity varies enormously between one island and the next.
Speedify is an app for your laptop, phone or tablet that uses the apartment Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular at the same time, which on an island is usually the difference between joining the call and apologizing for missing it. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping. Take a look at what Greece offers remote workers and what to plan for on the connection side.
With Speedify, your internet stays on when one connection fails.
Causes for Slow and Unreliable Internet Connectivity in Greece
As a visitor, you usually get Wi-Fi in Greece from your apartment or hotel, from cafes, or from a local SIM or travel eSIM used as a hotspot. With Speedify, you can use two of those at the same time.
As with any other situation, if you’re experiencing a slow and unreliable Internet, it’s either your Greek ISP or you. To rule out the ISP causes, check out the service status page for scheduled maintenance work or reported outages. These include Inalan, HCN, Vodafone Greece for fiber and Cosmote, Cyta Hellas, Forthnet and WIND Hellas for DSL. Plus, of course, the mobile broadband carriers and satellite broadband.
If you didn’t find any reported outages for your ISP in Greece but your Internet is slow and unreliable (make sure to test the speed, to see exactly how slow it is!), here are some other causes:
- your Internet plan delivers according to the contract. It may be time to upgrade it to higher speeds.
- your ISP is throttling your connection or you have consumed the high speed traffic included in your plan.
- there’s a problem on your side, with the modem / router / other networking equipment. Or you’re in a poor signal area.
How to Troubleshoot Slow and Unstable Internet in Greece
First, follow your ISP’s recommended steps in troubleshooting your Internet issues. You may need to contact them as well. Also feel free to check out this extensive troubleshooting guide for slow and unreliable connectivity.
The main things you should try are:
- restart the modem / router you’re connecting to, as well as the device itself (laptop, computer, smartphone, tablet).
- get closer to the Wi-Fi router or move it to a central location in your home.
- use a wired Ethernet connection where possible.
- use a Wi-Fi repeater to get coverage all around your home.
- use all available Internet connections at the same time. Combine Wi-Fi, a tethered smartphone (cellular) and wired Ethernet; you’ll need an app that combines internet connections, like Speedify, for that.
How to Combine Wi-Fi and 4G/5G Cellular in Greece with Speedify
- Download Speedify on the laptop, phone or tablet you work on (Windows, macOS, iOS or Android).
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- Give it a second internet connection: on a phone, stay on the apartment Wi-Fi and turn on cellular data from your Greek SIM or travel eSIM; on a laptop, add your phone over USB or Personal Hotspot next to the Wi-Fi. Combining uses that cellular data, so keep an eye on your plan’s allowance.
- Connect. Speedify uses both connections at once and moves traffic to the working one when one drops.
- Join your call or open your work apps as usual.
Speedify for Reliable Internet in Greece When You Work Remotely
You shouldn’t put all your hopes into just one ISP in Greece. Reliable Internet is something of a rare find around the islands. Some areas of Greece, especially rural regions, lack robust broadband or cellular infrastructure. That’s why remote workers in Greece need a solution for fast and reliable connectivity.
Speedify can combine multiple internet sources into one connection for more stable and secure live streaming, video calling and web browsing. As long as you’re connected to more than one internet connection, Speedify’s automatic failover protection keeps you online when one of them drops.
Combining internet connections for more speed and reliability in Greece matters most when you are:
- working remotely: you get less pixelated video and buffering in video conferences, and being in touch with your colleagues in real time gets easier, without waiting for messages or attachments to go through.
- live streaming: Speedify prioritizes live streams over other types of Internet traffic, so your Twitch, YouTube or other streams are less likely to stall.
- online gaming: with two internet connections, a glitch on one of them does not throw you out of the game.
Two internet connections are better than one, which is why Speedify suits remote work in Greece.
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