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Cybercafes From Cyberia to the Phlegmatic Dog |
| Section: LIFE / RELAXATION |
| Author: T.K. Malloy |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 1,101 Words, 6,761 Characters |
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Like ATMs, it may seem that cybercafes--these hip-hubs of access to the world of the Internet--have always been here, but it has only been ten years ago that the world's first Internet cafe opened its doors in London's West End. In the decade that followed, cybercafes, and similar Net-surfing locales, have proliferated everywhere imaginable--ranging from the Casa Del Corrigedor in Puno, Peru, to the Phlegmatic Dog in Moscow.
These two aforementioned spots are just several of the cybercafes around the world that were judged to be "the best places around the globe to surf the Net," by a panel convened by Yahoo, the Internet titan, which itself started off as a campu...
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...lace, Internet cafes fulfill the same role as they did ten years ago. They are the post offices of the wired generation." She added, "What surprised me was how many of the cafes nominated had been set up so recently, and how advanced they were in terms of technical setup. I only wish I had been able to do the same with Cafe Cyberia all those years ago!"
© 2004 News World Communications Inc.
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