I always take my laptop with me when traveling. I need this for family contact, blog updates, and several other reasons including ongoing research. I found that many of the smaller hotels and none of the Hostels have Internet for you in your room. Some do offer a computer that everyone can use when the office is open. As an example of this, the hospital Hostel is closed at 6 PM and on Weekends and that does not work for me or anyone who is tied to their Internet for whatever reason.
At the same Mobile Zone store in the Market Platz, I purchased a wireless pre-paid internet SIM card that snaps into a wireless receiver they sell you. The cost is $ 99.00 dollars to buy the package and it comes with $ 50.00 of time on the internet. Keep in mind that the cost is $ 3.00 per hour ( or portion of an hour ) so I suggest you set a schedule of the times you will use it and budget your time to get done what you need and have enough time to do so.
I found that by typing emails and blog entries in advance and then logging onto the Internet, I saved a great deal of time. I simply use my word processing program to do this, it works for me. You can use your email program also if you wish, this was easier for me.
Keep in mind that with this card, I was able to take my computer to the hospital room when I was visiting Sherrie and we could communicate with home in that way.
We stayed in constant contact via email with her Oncologist in Pennsylvania, Dr. Bahary in this way. He was able to ask questions through us which saved time for all and will make her followup care smoother I am sure.