Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
where? Thank you.

AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    > wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    > where? Thank you.

Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
that the number is almost certainly greater than that.

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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:52:24 -0500, [email protected]
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:

    >AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    >> wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    >> where? Thank you.
    >Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
    >experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
    >that the number is almost certainly greater than that.

There is free wifi in Leiden roughly within a 3 kilometre radius of
Leiden.

There are other free wifi sites in NL
Links at
http://wifi.ikwilhet.nu/
to
Amsterdam Wireless.net
Amsterdam Wireless.nl
Draadloosophetnet.nl
Rotterdam Wireless
Westwireless.nl
Wifi Drechtsteden
Wifi Eindhoven
Wireless Alphen
Wireless Eindhoven
Wireless Jacobswoude
Wireless Katwijk
Wireless Leeuwarden
Wireless Leiden
Wireless Leiderdorp
Wireless Maarssen
Wireless Nieuwegein
Wireless Nijmegen
Wireless Rotterdam
Wireless Utrecht/Leidsche Rijn
Wireless Voorschoten
Wireless Zoetermeer
Wireless-Amersfoort.nl
Wireless-lelystad
Wireless-Spakenburg.nl

--
Martin

No one asked you that !
Duh

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:52:24 -0500, [email protected]
    > (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    > prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >>AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>> Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    >>> wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    >>> where? Thank you.
    >>Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
    >>experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
    >>that the number is almost certainly greater than that.
    > There is free wifi in Leiden roughly within a 3 kilometre radius of
    > Leiden.
    > There are other free wifi sites in NL
    > Links at
    > http://wifi.ikwilhet.nu/
    > to
    > Amsterdam Wireless.net
    > Amsterdam Wireless.nl
    > Draadloosophetnet.nl
    > Rotterdam Wireless
    > Westwireless.nl
    > Wifi Drechtsteden
    > Wifi Eindhoven
    > Wireless Alphen
    > Wireless Eindhoven
    > Wireless Jacobswoude
    > Wireless Katwijk
    > Wireless Leeuwarden
    > Wireless Leiden
    > Wireless Leiderdorp
    > Wireless Maarssen
    > Wireless Nieuwegein
    > Wireless Nijmegen
    > Wireless Rotterdam
    > Wireless Utrecht/Leidsche Rijn
    > Wireless Voorschoten
    > Wireless Zoetermeer
    > Wireless-Amersfoort.nl
    > Wireless-lelystad
    > Wireless-Spakenburg.nl
    > --
    > Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:52:24 -0500, [email protected]
    > (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    > prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >
    > >AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >> Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    > >> wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    > >> where? Thank you.
    > >
    > >Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
    > >experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
    > >that the number is almost certainly greater than that.
    >
    > There is free wifi in Leiden roughly within a 3 kilometre radius of
    > Leiden.

Might not reach to Gdansk though! :)

I've read about the rapid growth of free wifi in the Netherlands. Out of
interest, why would someone bother paying for an internet connection if
they lived in Leiden or another wifi area? If you live in a built up
area, chances are you'll get a few wifi signals, some open, some not.
Someone in the building I'm staying in has left their wifi open,
wittingly or not. I'm grateful to whoever they are, though it's fair to
say I haven't abused it with a lot of downloading. In any case, I can
roam at fairly low rates all over the place. I've read with interest
about public access wifi in some US cities- Philadelphia, and IIRC a
google-sponsored (with ads) proposal in the bay area.

--
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:18:06 -0500, [email protected]
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:

    >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:52:24 -0500, [email protected]
    >> (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    >> prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >>
    >> >AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    >> >> wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    >> >> where? Thank you.
    >> >
    >> >Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
    >> >experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
    >> >that the number is almost certainly greater than that.
    >>
    >> There is free wifi in Leiden roughly within a 3 kilometre radius of
    >> Leiden.
    >Might not reach to Gdansk though! :)

Maybe it's easier to visit Leiden than to look for the holy grail in
Poland?

    >I've read about the rapid growth of free wifi in the Netherlands. Out of
    >interest, why would someone bother paying for an internet connection if
    >they lived in Leiden or another wifi area?

In my case because I wasn't aware it was working.
My son discovered it was working by luck with his laptop. Even so we
are way outside the area shown for it on their website.

    > If you live in a built up
    >area, chances are you'll get a few wifi signals, some open, some not.
    >Someone in the building I'm staying in has left their wifi open,
    >wittingly or not.

My son thought he was getting free access via something similar.
I did a bit of investigating.

    > I'm grateful to whoever they are, though it's fair to
    >say I haven't abused it with a lot of downloading. In any case, I can
    >roam at fairly low rates all over the place. I've read with interest
    >about public access wifi in some US cities- Philadelphia, and IIRC a
    >google-sponsored (with ads) proposal in the bay area.

The snow has gone after bringing everything to a standstill yesterday
evening.
--
Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:18:06 -0500, [email protected]
    > (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    > prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
[]
    > > If you live in a built up
    > >area, chances are you'll get a few wifi signals, some open, some not.
    > >Someone in the building I'm staying in has left their wifi open,
    > >wittingly or not.
    >
    > My son thought he was getting free access via something similar.
    > I did a bit of investigating.

I discovered one of my neighbours had an open network (like mine at the
time) when I realised that I'd accidentally unplugged my wifi router,
and had been online for several days without it! It had the same name
too, so I didn't notice anything.

--
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org

David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote:
    > AcornMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Is there anyplace in Gdansk (hotel, internet cafe, etc) that offers
    >>wireless internet connections for people with laptop computers? If so,
    >>where? Thank you.
    >
    >
    > Searching at http://intel.jiwire.com/ indicates two hotspots. However my
    > experience with this is that the wifi industry is growing so quickly
    > that the number is almost certainly greater than that.
    >
Well, you're right, there're some more:
http://www.computerworld.pl/hotspot/15.html
(bezplatne - free of charge, platne - not free)

igor