Wireless Internet connection in Poland

I will be going to Poland with a laptop for 3 weeks. Now I am wondering if there are either a lot of places in the cities where I can pick up a wireless connection or any type of wireless service I can order for only a month.

Also since its gonna be a 9 1/2 hour flight I was wondering what about Internet on airplane?

The main reason is to keep in contact with good friends, post some pictures, and email family.

Thanks.

As in America, there are places to pick up wireless connections.....many hotels offer free wireless, as do many coffee shops and other businesses.....I'm not sure about the plane? I know you can get wireless service through cell phone companies, that allow you to connect to the internet from anywhere, but you would probably have to sign a longterm contract.....also, I don't know how good of a connection you will get flying over the Atlantic (it may be very good....I honestly don't know.) I will be taking my laptop to Poland, but my plans for the flights is to bring a few good dvds to watch to pass the time.

To add to the above, remember to update your antivirus/firewall protection before you use any public hotspot there.

Hmm Thanks. I may have to check with family in Poland and see what the suggest also.

Depends where you going, if you are going to a big cty - you might be able to use wireless, but that's not teh case in small towns.

Most people in Poland have internet connectin and internet cafes are everywhere.

Yes I am going to be all over the country. I believe the first city I will be at is Krakow.

Hi,

I was reading the needs of Garcia and was surprised to see he has exactly the same necessity as him. I am going to Poland in August and I would like to be able to connect to the internet there with my laptop.

I am going to a place called Bedzin, which is situated near Katowice and Sosnowiec. Does anybody know any shop in this area where one can bring his own PC and connect to a wireless network ? I am going to live with my family 3 weeks and they have not internet, but they have a telephonic line.

Is there any way one can buy a prepaid card and call any ISP with the modem ?

Thanks to everybody in advance!!

Bernat

hot spots (I guess you need Wi-Fi in your notebook/laptop):
Hotspot's name: ZamekNet-J1 Będzin
Będzin | ul. Grunwaldzka 7 | Hotel | e-mail:biuro(at)zamek(dot)net(dot)pl
paid net access
standard: WLAN (802.11b/g)

you can check other hot spots in the Katowice area (or any place in Poland) at:
http://hot.spots.pl/eng/index.php
when you search for one, "County" refers to "Województwo" (and Bedzin is in "slaskie" County from the pop-up list)

other possbilities:
- net cafes (cyber cafes) usually called in Polish "kawiarenka internetowa" - they normally allow you to bring anything on a CD, usually also to install your own applications on their comps (in case you need a specific programs, but don't forget to uninstall them when finished), burn your CDs, I don't know about other portable drive types as I'm using only CDs/DVDs (CD-RWs are rather cheap). I once wanted to connect my notebook instead of using their PC, but the older lady didn't know how exactly we could do it, so I gave up, but if there are guys with an actual knowledge of the network systems, you may always try and ask if it's possible to use your own notebook. Prices vary, may charge 1$ to 3$/hour;



- "antiquated" phone modems are the last resort, as they charge way too much for a minute of a dial-up connection, their only advantage is that you most likely won't have to sing anything, just plug in, connect, disconnect, wait for the bill next month :)
- the pre-paid version is possible, but I'm not sure it's a good idea if you come there only for a month - it depends on the ISP (if it's Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. then your family would still have to sign a contract with them, and they have these nasty contracts where it says it becomes automatically prolongated, unless you state 30 days before you want to terminate it - just immagine: 4 years ago when I changed from pre-paid dial-up to broadband - all within the same Internet service provider - they still charged me for the next month of pre-paid though I didn't need it anymore. The Company is changing, but slowly, so they may still have these stupid regulations)

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Hi there im off to sroda wielkolpolska real soon it's just south of poznan.
Was just thinking is it really worth me taking my laptop with me as i will be living there for six months or so.Any help regarding what the isp's broadband wireless etc are like over there would be great