Internet Cafe's should update their computers!

[Tom_Sample_UK]

I have just returned from Ireland and i went in a few Internet cafe's to send my brother at home some e-mails. The first one i went in had good computers but windows 98, the second one had very good HP computers with XP prof, the 3rd was windows 98 and very out of date computers. Who thinks computers in internet cafe's should update their computers.

I think they should update them because of these reasons

Important e-mails may need to be sent if a (e.g) buisness person is late for an important meetings but the computer is slow and crashes. Also the same reason for someone who's flight is deleyed and needs to tell a relative.

What do you think?

[dglienna]

I think you should visit every one in the world to tell us the percentage of out of date cafe's. the ones in the US seem to be up to date.

[wossname]

Important e-mails may need to be sent if a (e.g) buisness person is late for an important meetings but the computer is slow and crashes. Also the same reason for someone who's flight is deleyed and needs to tell a relative.

What do you think?

I think you would have to be a prodigious idiot to use an internet cafe for those two reasons you just stated.

1. Business people would never send business documents via public channels, that would invalidate all sorts of insurance and privacy clauses.

2. That is what telephones are for. *ring ring, ring ring* Hello, my flight is delayed. Goodbye" takes 10 seconds maximum. You'd pay more in a webcafe for 10 seconds than for the long distance phone call.

3. Who uses internet cafes anymore??

[Tom_Sample_UK]

What if there is no phone near by and (e.g) their parents are getting worried then what do you do?

[NoteMe]

At least here in Norway 99.9% of everyone between 16 and 35 have a cell phone. And they use it. A LOT.



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[System_Error]

lol, at first I thought you were talking to yourself until I looked at the names!

[Tom_Sample_UK]

What about the 0.01% that doestn have a mobile phone!

[wossname]

What if there is no phone near by and (e.g) their parents are getting worried then what do you do?

You don't get internet cafes in the middle of , say, a desert. you get them in cities, cities have phones. You walk into a shop and say "can I please borrow your phone to make an urgent call to my folks back in Timbuktoo?".

Its not rocket science you know. internet cafes should not be mistaken for public utilities. They are certainly no use as an emergency comms medium.