Berlin’s flourishing tech scene attracts talent from across the globe. At a startup incubator in the western part of the city, an international team recently launched an app called SPRT, which connects sports enthusiasts.
Amy Cooper, a 20-year-old SPRT employee who moved to Germany from Britain last June, complains that Berlin’s Internet speed is so slow, it feels like the old dial-up days she has heard her parents reminisce about.
“We’re working in a coworking office where there’s loads of startups, everything’s online,” Cooper says. “We use it every second of the day, so it’s important for us that it works and that it’s reliable. And most of the time, it’s not, and that can be really frustrating.”
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