On 11 December at 1 p.m., Bolesławiec received direct telephone connections with all of Poland and the world.
Telekomunikacja had been seeking these connections for a long time, and in December the residents of Bolesławiec received communication with Poland and the world, so to speak, as a Christmas gift.
On this occasion, I asked the Director of the Telecommunications District in Bolesławiec, Director Zbigniew Kasprowicz, MSc Eng., for a few words of information. “Bolesławiec has connections through Legnica, to which we have been connected. The former area codes for Wrocław (71), Legnica (76), Jelenia Góra (75), Zgorzelec (78), and Warta Bolesławiecka (77) still remain. We can connect without ordering calls to Warsaw (022), Zielona Góra (068), Wałbrzych (074), Poznań (061), Łódź (042), Gdańsk (058), Gorzów Wlk (095), etc. Since it is impossible to list all the area codes, subscribers can obtain the remaining numbers by calling directory assistance (91 3)
We can connect without ordering calls to Warsaw (022), Zielona Góra (068), Wałbrzych (074), Poznań (061), Łódź (042), Gdańsk (058), Gorzów Wlk (095), etc. Since it is impossible to list all the area codes, subscribers can obtain the remaining numbers by calling directory assistance (913).
I would like to remind subscribers that an automatic connection is cheaper than a manually connected call, but when dialing a number one must bear in mind that, depending on the distance and duration of the call, the bill will be correspondingly smaller or larger.
A call made before noon is more expensive (one pulse every ten seconds), while an evening call is cheaper (one pulse every 20 seconds)—provided the connection is within 100 km. Beyond one hundred kilometres, the pulse is twice as fast.
The most expensive zone is South Africa and Israel: one pulse every 0.96 seconds, meaning that a minute-long call costs approximately 54,000. The USA, Canada, and Australia cost approximately 30,000 per minute. Germany, as well as Sweden and Denmark, cost approximately 14,000 per minute. A call to the nearest countries of the former Eastern Bloc costs approximately 12,000 per minute.
As I have already said, more detailed information is available by calling 913.