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| Thread ID: 83146 | 2007-09-20 23:22:00 | Running an internet cafe. | jason_f90 (3544) | PC World Chat |
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| 593385 | 2007-09-21 13:05:00 | has anyone else noticed how over the years as broadband has spread most of the internet cafes have disappeared? possibly a sign of something if you try to run open office, your average noob customer would come asking for MSoffice, even though openoffice is dead easy. and doesn't canterbury uni have it's own computers and stuff? up here at auckland we have a whole damn building full of computers with internet access, plus the several engineering and science deparment labs - and i've seen people using the near 100% wifi coverage to have laptop lans between lectures, and sometimes during :lol: point being it seems to me that you're competing with a free service (with the exception of gaming, but that would be a small market and you better have all the machines properly patched and networked) I read that Auckland university charges 7 cents per MB of internet usage.Thats alot |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 593386 | 2007-09-21 13:28:00 | we get 7 bucks free weekly, and all internal stuff is obviously free... so that's 100mb a week free usage, which isn't much, but for email/minor stuff it isn't bad either... i barely use a dollar a week, only occasionally check trademe/weather/forums when i'm stuck there with nothing to do oh, and it would appear that video streams and a few other things don't count, so youtube to your heart's content i just checked, it's $0.07/MB peak (9am-8pm) and $0.03/MB offpeak, and using their webmail which they provide is free (for those who use it, which is a surprising number) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 593387 | 2007-09-21 13:34:00 | but that has little to do with canterbury - if i were the OP i'd look at what services that uni offers (along with all the otehr market research he'll have to do) and remember that alot of students have laptops and will simply want a wireless hotspot (which you will HAVE to secure, and secure it well!) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 593388 | 2007-09-21 20:37:00 | we get 7 bucks free weekly, and all internal stuff is obviously free... so that's 100mb a week free usage, which isn't much, but for email/minor stuff it isn't bad either... Weekly? We get 7 bucks half-yearly (before that used to be yearly)! :mad: |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 593389 | 2007-09-21 20:51:00 | Its free to use the internet at massey.You only get charge for printing. I usually download a bit of drama off the massey computer thru megaupload and sendspace. At night especially fridays and saturdays there are usually alot of people that play warcraft in the computer lab During the weekdays I saw a guy that plays runescape.. I think auckland university is the most expensive. 7 cents per mb you might as well have your own broadband |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 593390 | 2007-09-21 22:55:00 | Weekly? We get 7 bucks half-yearly (before that used to be yearly)! :mad: what? well i get it weekly:lol: didn't they send out an email a few weeks back saying it was increased to weekly? either way, for the original poster i think he's more interested in canterbury, not auckland |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 593391 | 2007-09-21 23:18:00 | what? well i get it weekly:lol: didn't they send out an email a few weeks back saying it was increased to weekly? either way, for the original poster i think he's more interested in canterbury, not auckland Just to digress further, they did send an e-mail informing us of the increment. The content of the mail was "...will be increased from 7 bucks per year to 7 bucks per semester". To the original poster: How much do you plan to charge your customers? Yes, Internet cafes in Malaysia are growing and thriving, but I suppose that is thanks to truant kids / youth. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 593392 | 2007-09-21 23:42:00 | huh, i thought it was weekly, but i use it so little i could well be wrong | motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 593393 | 2007-09-22 01:19:00 | has anyone else noticed how over the years as broadband has spread most of the internet cafes have disappeared? possibly a sign of something if you try to run open office, your average noob customer would come asking for MSoffice, even though openoffice is dead easy. and doesn't canterbury uni have it's own computers and stuff? up here at auckland we have a whole damn building full of computers with internet access, plus the several engineering and science deparment labs - and i've seen people using the near 100% wifi coverage to have laptop lans between lectures, and sometimes during :lol: point being it seems to me that you're competing with a free service (with the exception of gaming, but that would be a small market and you better have all the machines properly patched and networked) I would agree, internet cafes have gone right down. Tourists will uses the computer at their hotel, or their own via a hot spot, or will go to the library. Hardcore gamers will use their own computer, and compete over the internet. Really I don't see a market these days with cheap computers and cheap broadband access. Thats why he needs a point of difference. Maybe make it like a starbucks with wifi, and cater to the upper class market. With the iphones technologies, mobile internet is going to change. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 593394 | 2007-09-22 01:24:00 | ugh, my mate bought a cracked iphone (so it's on prepay) underwhelming, especially with that $1200 price tag |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
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