Laptop login

Wireless If you’re wireless enabled, you’re ready to go online. There are many cafés, restaurants, hotels and public spaces in Vilnius that are a part of a network of paid wireless internet hotspots. Notable locations include the whole of Pilies and Gedimino, the city’s tourist information centres and the airport, of which the latter also has a few areas where you can connect for free. To use these hotspots, just turn your wireless on and choose the Zebra network. When you open your web browser you’ll see a page with instructions and prices. You can pay via SMS if you’ve got a local SIM card. Be warned, however, that the Zebra network is neither cheap nor particularly reliable. Several cafés and hotel lobbies around town provide free wireless access.

3G Both Bitė (www.bite.lt) and Omnitel (www.omnitel.lt) provide 3G services for laptop connection to the internet allegedly wherever you are within Lithuania. What you actually get is far from perfect, but if you’re prepared for slightly slower speeds than broadband, your connection dropping out a few times a day and incompatible software that could conflict with your operating system then one of these services might me just for you. With the added convenience of GPRS backup for obscure locations, both companies offer a range of prepaid and contract options.

Dialup Assuming you’ve got an RJ-11 plug on the end of your cable (visitors from the UK please note that you probably don’t), a nifty, hassle-free dialup option is available for those who can’t find any other connection. Simply dial tel. 890 15 55 55 from anywhere in the country using your dial-up software of choice leaving the username and password blank and away you go. Calls are charged at a standard 0.12Lt/min at all times from a private line (this figure may well be a lot higher in a hotel), and everything is charged directly to whoever’s telephone account you’re using.