Comparing Internet Cafe Rates Worldwide

Posted by simoniker on Friday July 2, 2004 @06:18AM from the eating-out-sometimes-expensive dept.

tcd004 writes "I recently began compiling the hourly rates from Internet cafes around the world into a map. The result reveals wildly different prices, even in countries with similar economic conditions and technological development. This often puts access out of reach for large populations in developing countries who live on less than $1 per day. It seems government policies and telecom deregulation (in countries like Nigeria) are often the strongest forces determining a cafe's hourly rates. If you want to do some of your own rate hunting, take a look at sites like Cybercafes.com."

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Nice Cybercafe Listing by Globe199 · 2004-07-02 06:24 · Score: 5, Informative

Crappy cybercafe listing on Cybercafes.com. It still lists Cyber X in Minneapolis. That place has been out of business for many years.

The site doesn't even have a function to add or modify listings. All it has is a banner ad for cheese!

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Not accurate by allanpatrick · 2004-07-02 06:28 · Score: 5, Informative

In Brazil, at least where I live, its hard to find a cybercafe that costs more than $1/hour.