First internet connection in Poland

… August 17, 1991? The first Internet connection was established in Poland. It was on this day that a network connection using the Internet Protocol (IP) was first established in Poland. Rafal Petrak from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw teamed up with Jan Sorensen from the University of Copenhagen. Attempts to connect to the global network took place already in the 80s, but due to the lack of equipment, the financial and political isolation of Poland (the United States maintained an "embargo" on the export of new technologies), this could not be realized. Scientists, mostly physicists and astronomers, tried to connect Poland to the network at home and abroad. The first email exchange took place in August 1991.

? says Tomasz J. Kruk, NASK COO. The first email exchange took place in August 1991. The initial connection speed was only 9600 bps. At the end of the year, a satellite dish was installed in the building of the Information Center of the University of Warsaw, which served the connection between Warsaw and Stockholm at a speed of 64 kbps. For the next three years, this was the main channel through which Poland connected to the global Internet. Did the infrastructure develop over time? the first optical fibers connected the departments of the University of Warsaw and other universities. The first web server was also launched at Warsaw University in August 3rd. The NASK network remained the connecting network. Today the Internet is practically available in Poland. According to the Central Statistical Office (Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland, 1993), 2011 percent of respondents now have access to the web. households. The monopoly of one company has long disappeared, there are many providers of broadband Internet, mobile Internet is offered by mobile operators. Entire sectors of the Internet economy have emerged. says Tomasz J. Kruk of NASK. NASK is a research institute directly subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Institute conducts research and implementation activities, including in the areas of control and management of ICT networks, their modeling, security and threat detection, as well as in the field of biometrics. NASK maintains a registry of the national domain .PL, and is also a telecom operator offering modern ICT solutions for business, administration and science. Since 63, CERT Polska (Computer Emergency Response Team) has been operating within the structures of NASK, created in order to respond to events that violate the security of the Internet. NASK conducts educational activities and implements numerous projects that popularize the idea of ​​the information society. The NASK Academy implements the Safer Internet Program of the European Commission, which includes a number of educational activities aimed at improving the safety of children when using the Internet. Source: NASK