Welcome to the time of the Cyber Cafe

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Welcome to the time of the Cyber Cafe

• By Kelley Sanders and Chris Lancia

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What is a Cyber Café?

• The term Café came into use in Europe in the
  early part of the 20th century. They popped up in
  places such as Vienna, Paris and Berlin as places
  for friend to come together.
• The Café of today remains a gathering place,
  bringing together friends, coffee, newspapers,
  and now the Internet.

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Impact of the computer age

• The computer has taken a place among
  communications tools, providing the means to
  write a quick email or send an instant message to
  a friend from nearly anywhere.
• As the use of the computer becomes more
  widespread, computer users have become expectant
  of an environment that will allow them to use
  those computers in a variety of places.

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Enter the Cyber Café

• The traditional Café has slowly given way to the
  newer Cyber Café as computer users look to
  combine a good cup of coffee and a little
  fellowship with a place from which they can check
  their email or stocks.

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Cyber Café Perks

• Many of us, especially those on the cusp of
  technology, feel the need to check email at least
  once a day. The emergence of the Cyber Café
  allows you to check your email when youre away
  from home or even when youre having a cup of
  coffee and realize its been a few hours since
  the last time you were online.

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Check this out

• The above picture is of Easy Everything, the
  biggest Cyber Café in the world. Its located in
  New York City and has 800 Internet stations. The
  connection speed suffers due to the number of
  stations, but users can purchase time by the
  hour, the day, the week, or the month.

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Portable Cyber Cafés

• Many companies are now taking advantage of the,
  I need it now, attitude that has become
  prevalent by offering portable set-ups that can
  be installed at conferences and provide users
  with the ability to surf the Internet and check
  email.

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Fast foodfast Internet access...

• Even so-called fast food restaurants are getting
  into the game. McDonalds and Burger King offer
  the ability to purchase Internet access through
  wireless setups in their restaurant.

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Golden Arches

• The following is an excerpt from a McDonalds
  press release
• March 11, 2003 Selected McDonalds restaurants
  in New York City now offer high-speed wireless
  access for customers who are constantly
  on-the-go and looking for a place to eat, rest
  and log-on to their laptop computers. The pilot
  program currently includes 10 McDonalds
  restaurants in Manhattan and is scheduled to
  expand to several hundred restaurants in three
  major U.S. markets by years end.
• McDonalds is bringing broadband to Broadway,
  said Mats Lederhausen, president of McDonalds
  Corporations Business Development Group.
  McDonalds pioneered convenience so it makes
  perfect sense for us to offer our customers a
  great way to unwire, unwind, enjoy an Extra Value
  Meal and catch up on email.
• McDonalds is scheduled to test high-speed
  wireless access in hundreds of restaurants in New
  York City, Chicago and a major market in
  California by the end of the year.
• McDonalds is known for being at the heart of
  where people work and live, so offering our
  customers another value Internet accessis a
  great example of being the most relevant choice
  out there, said Lederhausen. Both McDonalds
  and Intel understand how important value, speed,
  convenience and ease of service are for todays
  time-pressed consumer.
• For the next three months, wireless-enabled
  laptop customers in New York City who purchase an
  Extra Value Meal at participating McDonalds
  restaurants will receive an added benefit -- one
  hour of free high-speed wireless Internet access.
  Customers also can purchase a single session of
  up to 60 minutes for 3.00.

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The King in the Boro

• A local example can be found in Statesboro, where
  a Burger King with wireless Internet access is
  located.
• Unlike McDonalds, BK offers free access to
  customers. They based the decision on the fact
  that they are located in a college town, and
  offering free Internet access would increase
  their customer base.

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Access in Savannah

• Unbeknownst to many, Savannah has a cyber café in
  City Market. Bobas, a 24-hour coffee shop and
  cyber café, offers drinks, sandwiches, pastries,
  and Internet access.
• Were always busy, said employee Jeanine Evans.
  The 24-hour access appeals to SCAD students, so
  we see them at all hours of the day and night.

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A Cyber Café at AASU?!?

• Plans are in place to convert the lobby of the
  Memorial College Center to a coffee shop and
  cyber café. Students, staff, and faculty will be
  able to have a cup of coffee and enjoy some
  fellowship, while also being afforded the
  opportunity to surf the Internet for free. Wired
  and wireless access will be offered.

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Chefs Tips on Cyber Cafés

• Never look at naked pictures of your girlfriend
  at a cyber café.
• Spilled beer and electronics dont mix.
• You have no idea where that mouse has been.
• That person youre propositioning online may, in
  fact, be sitting next to you.

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THATS ALL, FOLKS!