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justflyingin
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| sparks wrote: |
Yep, 19 zl 2mb/second. No limits on use. They're coming next Tuesday to install it.
Thanks for the tip. |
Did they say how long the deal will be? That sounds unbelievably good. Is it an introductory offer? |
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lundjstuart
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sparks wrote: |
Yep, 19 zl 2mb/second. No limits on use. They're coming next Tuesday to install it.
Thanks for the tip. |
Congrats on basically getting dial-up!! |
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sparks
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey man, I have a plenty fast Blueconnect connection but if I can get an unlimited landline transfer for 19 zl. Who cares, as long as it plays youtube. |
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Khrystene
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
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Location: WAW, PL/SYD, AU
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Just a suggestion.
DON'T FORGET PRAGA!!
The Praga side of town is not as 'dingy' as it once was and there are tonnes of foreigners (as it's filled with students and the local Vietnamese crew) along with great bars and clubs and (the best of all) is still cheaper than the 'other side of the river'.
Highly recommended.  |
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Master Shake
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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Location: Colorado, USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| Khrystene wrote: |
Just a suggestion.
DON'T FORGET PRAGA!!
The Praga side of town is not as 'dingy' as it once was and there are tonnes of foreigners (as it's filled with students and the local Vietnamese crew) along with great bars and clubs and (the best of all) is still cheaper than the 'other side of the river'.
Highly recommended. |
Are there traffic jams going from Praga to the other side of the river? I'll almost certainly be working somewhere near the center and would need to make the trip every day. There is no metro line to Praga (yet). |
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Blasphemer
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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Location: NYC/Warszawa
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| lundjstuart wrote: |
| sparks wrote: |
Yep, 19 zl 2mb/second. No limits on use. They're coming next Tuesday to install it.
Thanks for the tip. |
Congrats on basically getting dial-up!! |
You're crazy! Dial up is 56kb/s this is 2mb/s...
This is what I use, and it takes me about 2hrs to download a full movie [torrents]. I can use youtube, listen to pretty much anything and watch whatever I want without lag. |
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Blasphemer
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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Location: NYC/Warszawa
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| Khrystene wrote: |
Just a suggestion.
DON'T FORGET PRAGA!!
The Praga side of town is not as 'dingy' as it once was and there are tonnes of foreigners (as it's filled with students and the local Vietnamese crew) along with great bars and clubs and (the best of all) is still cheaper than the 'other side of the river'.
Highly recommended. |
Are there traffic jams going from Praga to the other side of the river? I'll almost certainly be working somewhere near the center and would need to make the trip every day. There is no metro line to Praga (yet). |
Easy Tram connection, don't have to worry about traffic at all. Right now they are working on the Poniatowski bridge and there are some changes, but over all I've never had an issue commuting. [I have some privates in Praga early in the morning]
You can catch literally a handful of trams directly from Centrum every 3 min or so... |
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Khrystene
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
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Location: WAW, PL/SYD, AU
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Master Shake wrote: |
| Khrystene wrote: |
Just a suggestion.
DON'T FORGET PRAGA!!
The Praga side of town is not as 'dingy' as it once was and there are tonnes of foreigners (as it's filled with students and the local Vietnamese crew) along with great bars and clubs and (the best of all) is still cheaper than the 'other side of the river'.
Highly recommended. |
Are there traffic jams going from Praga to the other side of the river? I'll almost certainly be working somewhere near the center and would need to make the trip every day. There is no metro line to Praga (yet). |
There's traffic of course, but nothing like some other areas of W-wa. It used to take me about 40 to 50 mins to get from Rondo Wiatraczna to my old job near Galeria Mokot�w and 25 to 30 mins via Trasa W - Z to near the corner of Solidarność and Żelazna. If you live closer to the bridges, it's quicker to the centre. Plus there's ample public transport every which way you want to go. |
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Master Shake
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Location: Colorado, USA
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I found myself a nice place on Aleja 3 Maja. Rent is a bit high, but I can be in the center in less than 10 min with a bus or tram.
The best part is the landlady speaks English, so no awkward, 20-minute phone calls to explain that my shower is flooding or whatever. |
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sharter
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: Warsaw |
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I had a really nice 2 bedroom flat a 5 minute walk away from Zamek....it came free when I was tutoring a very wealthy Polish business man.
I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone wants to live in Warsaw when there are so many other beautiful cities in Poland in which there's plenty of work; Wroclaw, Krakow, Poznan, Sopot, Torun etc
Why are you in Warsaw? It's got to be love ...cos it ain't pretty....in fact Warsaw girls aren't nearly as pretty as the ones in Poznan that's for sure!! |
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dynow
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| i often wonder the same thing. i still haven't been to Warsaw, but because of the bad reviews all the poles give it I'm in no rush to go see it. |
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Master Shake
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Why Warsaw?
3 reasons:
1) I can finish the DELTA this December-May at Bell Warsaw. I know some here don't think the DELTA is worth the time and energy, but for me it makes sense.
2) There is more demand in Warsaw for English teachers than in other Polish cities. Pay is higher as well. Yes, the rent is higher too. But last time I checked, Warsaw beer is still 6-7 zloty a pint in many pubs, kebap and pizza are still 8-15 zloty a meal, and Warsaw boasts a lot of good inexpensive Asian restaurants (especially Vietnamese food).
3) Warsaw is not so bad! It certainly has its pretty parts, and public transportation is very fast and convenient for such a big city. I haven't really begun to explore the nightlife yet. Been too busy lining up work.
I lived in Gdansk for one year and have visited Krakow and Sopot. The mobs of tourists in these cities can become annoying after a while, especially in the summer. |
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sharter
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: harrumph |
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There's tonnes of work elsewhere and the pay can be great everywhere if you target the students...ie get 1:1 business folk.
And bro....living on kebabps, pizza and low grade Chinky food ain't gonna do you any favours...
Just a thought. |
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Blasphemer
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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Location: NYC/Warszawa
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| dynow wrote: |
| but because of the bad reviews all the poles give it I'm in no rush to go see it. |
It's the big city syndrome. Same in NYC, if you go anywhere in the states ppl will say - New Yorkers are rude and annoying, the city is awful etc etc... |
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scottie1113
Joined: 25 Oct 2004
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Location: Gdansk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: harrumph |
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| sharter wrote: |
There's tonnes of work elsewhere and the pay can be great everywhere if you target the students...ie get 1:1 business folk.
And bro....living on kebabps, pizza and low grade Chinky food ain't gonna do you any favours...
Just a thought. |
I know Shake and he really likes that ****. OK, for all you Brits out there, *****, but he and I are Yanks. There's no accounting for taste.
Believe it or not, Shake usually knows what he's doing, except when he's playing poker with me.
Warsaw's not that bad. I spent six weeks there a couple of years ago and there really are some good things there. Just give me a few years to try to remember them and I'll tell you. |
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