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Internet cafe

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An Internet cafe or cybercafe is a place where one can use a computer with Internet access for a fee, often per hour or minute; sometimes one can have unmetered access with a pass for a day or month, etc. It may or may not serve as a regular café as well, with food and drinks being served. In South Korea they are called PC bang. They are located world-wide, and most people use them when travelling to access webmail and instant messengers to keep in touch with family and friends. Internet cafes are also useful for making travel arrangements such as booking flights on a low-cost carrier. Some of them are also widely used for multiplayer gaming, having several computer stations connected on a LAN. In this case, the computers are specially assembled for gameplay, supporting a wide array of popular multiplayer games.

There are also Internet access points in public places like airport halls, sometimes just for brief use while standing.

The easyInternetcafé chain discontinued its CD burning services because it was held responsible for copyright violations by clients. [1]


See also  Wifi-cafe, about places where people can  connect a brought-along notebook or PDA using the cafe's wireless access to the Internet.


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