Talk:Poland/@comment-91.238.142.40-20160609185747

When I arrive in a new country to live for a few months (4-5x a year), I usually like to go straight to the mobile stores to get more information and usually sign-up for pay-as-you-go. So now that I arrive in Krakow, I head out this morning to see what I can do.

I went to the Orange store near the old square since it was the closest and Orange worked well in Spain for me, so why not give it a try. The employees there only deal with contract customers, so not very helpful at all. The person I spoke to could only offer a SIM card and could not even review any of the prepay plans. She basically directed me to the website to deal with any pay-as-you-go concerns. She said the website is only in Polish and could not tell me what payment methods were possible via the website. Doesn't seem like the easiest to set up for someone who isn't yet fluent in Polish. And surprised that the location doesn't do a better job for visitors with its prime location near the center of the city and all the visitors.

I then went to the Play store at Galeria Krakow. The employee there could not directly do the sign-up either, but gave me all the information in English on how to do it and where to purchase the SIM card/top up around the corner in the mall. Play currently has a promotion for 25pln (instead of 35pln) for the 30 day Formula Unlimited plan - includes unlimited minutes and text in Poland and the 3gb data is upgraded to 6gb in the promotion. I was able to get it set up in 10 minutes with the provided information. Just had to wait some time for the plan to get activated via SMS confirmatrion - usually accustomed to fairly instant activation wherever I go.

At least in terms of getting started, I would recommend Play - but my experience could be store-specific too. Now on to seeing how good the network is.