1. Country: Poland
Country suffix: .pl

Population: 39 million
Area: 311 730 sq km
Capital: Warsaw

2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx. 125 000 hosts (December 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 250 000
commercial 200 000
governmental 50 000

4. List of major commercial ISP's

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's

6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:

I. Telekomunikacja Polska SA
National PTT operator, runs X.25 and Frame Relay over
a fiber backbone at 34 and 155 Mbps. Offers VPN and VSAT
services as well. Present all over the country.
Foreign connections: altogether 20M satellite links
to Canada and US.
Commercial provider.

II. NASK
Academic network operator, runs fiber backbone
at 34 Mbps. Present in 49 cities.
Offers X.25, Frame Relay, VPN etc. apart from IP traffic.
Foreign connections: 155M terrestial link to Sweden
and 8M satellite connection to US.
Acedemic provider, but active in commercial market as well.

III. TelEnergo
A network built around power network grid. Fiber backbone,
operated at speeds 8M, 34M, 155M and 622M. Connects all
major cities.
Sells bandwidth in the commercial market, not exactly an ISP.

IV. Kolpak
Polish Rail Network - connects all rail stations, thus
present all other the country.
Fiber connections on major directions at speed up to 155M,
as well as copper lines.
Rents links in the commercial market, not exactly an ISP.

V. Telbank:
Fiber backbone between major cities at 34 Mbps,
other connections 1-8 Mbps to smaller cities.
Foreign connection: 1M satellite connection to MCI.
Offers also X.25.
Commercial ISP, mostly serves the banking sector.

VI. POL34
Academic network, buys bandwith (34M links) from TelEnergo.
Connects 14 major university centres.
Foreign connection: 3M to Sweden through SSC via satellite.
Academic ISP.

VII. IdS
Internet-for-schools network. Operates in educational
and third sector.
Present in 19 cities.
Internet connectivity through Telekomunikacja Polska SA.
Non-commercial ISP.

7. More information about country:

• Academic/Research/Educational Network
• ESSAT Survey