VILNIUS - In Your Pocket

Post
Central Post Office (Centrinis Paštas) B-1, Gedimino
7, tel. (+370) 700 554 00, www.post.lt. The
glorious 1969 Soviet design inside the city’s main post office
betrays a recently improved service that’s finally catching up
with the 21st century. A ticket machine has been installed with
instructions in English, making a visit finally something to look
forward to rather than the nightmare it was in the past. Selecting
a ticket in English should send you to a window where
somebody speaks it. Note the extraordinary calendar on the
wall on the right at the back that needs changing by hand
daily. Late night post offices operate in two of the city’s large
shopping centres at Ozo 25 (Akropolis), open 10:00 - 22:00,
and Saltoniškių 9 (Panorama), open 10:00 - 22:00. QOpen
07:30 - 19:00, Sat 09:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun. J
Laptop login
Wireless W 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 be 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 dialup
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.
Prepaid SIM cards
Card Price
(Lt)
vilnius.inyourpocket.com
Local
(Lt/min)
London
(Lt/min)
Top-up
(Lt)
Mail & Phones
Emergency numbers
Police Fire Ambulance Tel. 112
Postal rates
Lithuania EU Outside EU
Letter (44g) 1.65Lt 2.95Lt 3.35Lt
Postcard (20g) 1.55Lt 2.45Lt 2.90Lt
CD (130g) 2.50Lt 5.90Lt 11.75Lt
Express mail rates
Comparative rates for sending a package weighing a
maximum of 500g.
London Paris New York
DHL 170Lt 170Lt 240Lt
EMS 215Lt 213Lt 210Lt
TNT 163Lt 181Lt 265Lt
UPS 174Lt 192Lt 279Lt
Mobile phones
Bitė G-5, Žemaitės 15, tel. (+370) 699 232 30, www.
bite.lt. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun. A
Omnitel B-1, Gedimino 12, tel. 1533, www.omnitel.lt.
QOpen 09:00 - 18:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun.
TELE2 G-4, Vytenio 9/25, tel. (+370) 601 102 00,
www.tele2.lt. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun.
Internet cafés
Taškas G-4, J. Jasinskio 1/8 (entrance from V. Kudirkos,
2nd floor), tel. (+370) 685 240 24. Reasonably central,
climb the flight of stairs and fight with the teenagers for a
battered albeit perfectly decent PC. Q Open 24hrs.
Express mail
DHL Dariaus ir Girėno 81, tel. (+370) 5 236 07 00, www.
dhl.lt. QOpen 08:00 - 19:00. Closed Sat, Sun.
EMS Rodūnios Kelias 9, tel. (+370) 5 239 83 28,
www.post.lt. QOpen 08:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00.
Closed Sun. 1
TNT Dariaus ir Girėno 44, tel. (8-800) 252 22, specialservices.vno@tnt.com,
www.tnt.lt. QOpen 07:30 - 18:30.
Closed Sat, Sun.
UPS E-5, Eigulių 15, tel. (+370) 5 247 22 22, www.skubiossiuntos.lt.
QOpen 08:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun.
SMS
(Lt)
Voicemail
(Lt/call)
Bitė (Labas) 6 0.49 1.99 5/10/20/40/99 0.11 0.10 99%
Omnitel (Ežys) 5 0.46 2.03 From 5 0.10 Free 99%
TELE2 (Pildyk) 4.50 0.48 1.85 5/7/10/15/20/35/50 0.10 0.15 96%
Note All prices quoted are for peak-time calls, and are subject to change during the lifespan of this guide.
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