Cheap rate applies between 1800-0800 Monday to Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Single and dual band networks. Roaming agreements in operation. Large Internet access centres are opening in main cities. These can be sent during opening hours from all post offices.
Stamps are available from hotels, slot machines and post offices.
A 5-figure postal code is used on all internal addresses. Smaller branches may close for lunch. The most influential dailies include the S ddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The most widely read of the weekly publications are Der Spiegel and Die Zeit . Some new or revamped newspapers, such as Berliner Kurier , have emerged out of eastern Germany and are competing well with western German papers.