U.K. cyber cafe heads to New York

Published: 12 April 2000 y., Wednesday
The easyEverything chain offers low-cost Internet access to travellers and others without their own computers through its five London cyber cafes, easily recognizable by their giant orange facades. Located in tourist areas such as Oxford Street and Victoria Station, the cafes have a total of 2,300 computer terminals. The company has recently added outlets in Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Barcelona. Now the company is planning to take on the American market. The easyEverything the company wants to open in Times Square will have "more than 600 terminals," James Rothnie, the company's public relations director, said. "Disney and Nasdaq are interested in the same building," he added. Rothnie wouldn't reveal how much the company was prepared to spend on the New York location, but did acknowledge that it would be more than the company currently spends, "about 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) in purchasing and refurbishing each location," he said. EasyEverything bases its financial model on bulk purchasing, so although the price fluctuates according to supply and demand, Internet access can usually be had for 1 pound ($1.60) per hour or even less.
Šaltinis: IDG
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