internet cafes

[Paul Apking]

Where is the linux cafe located?
   

-----Original Message-----
From: "Aaron Vegh" <aaronvegh at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:39:16 
To:tlug at ss.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: internet cafes

$2 for half an hour! That seems like a good rate, considering what you
pay at the majority of the coffee shops that charge $6 or $7 per hour.

All these Second Cups and Starbucks' are part of this hotspot alliance
sponsored by all the mobile phone carriers. As a self-employed guy
working out of the basement, I find these great places to go get some
work done and regain human contact. But the price for their WLAN
access, while not unaffordable, certainly rankles me from a
philosophical perspective. I actually found early on that if you paid
for the first hour and left hte computer on, you could stay connected
indefinitely. But this past week I did get bumped after an hour... so
I left.

Does anyone know about the arrangement these coffee shops have with
this system? Are they actually making any money out of it? I.E., would
there be a financial benefit for them to use an alternative system and
give it away for free? I'm pretty sure I could do it for them, but I
would love to know the business argument before walking into such a
place.

Cheers,
Aaron.

On 5/22/06, zleap at zleap.net <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
> Hi\
>
>
> I know where Linuxcaffe is, however it's quite a distance from where I am
> staying,  can anyone recommend any in the greater toronto area, I am
> staying at the global village backpackers on the intersection of spadnia,
> and king street west, currnetly having to pay $2 for 1/2 hour,  so looking
> for somewhere within say 5 / 10 mins walk that can offer internet /
> computer access and perhaps allow me to print stuff out. e.g my resume for
> job hunting. as it's currently on a usb memory stick.
>
> thanks for any recomendations / help
>
> I will still use linuxcaffe if I am heading up that far.
>
>
> Is this tuesday coming the last one of the month and hence a meeting date,
>  I was looking at catching a blue jays game at some point as tickets are
> about $2 each which is pretty cool (ok it's the top tier with probably a
> small view but hey I don't mind that).
>
> Paul
>
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