One concern about cyber cafes - have any of them been successful anywhere?
I've never been in one that has had many customers. I like the idea of a
cyber cafe in theory, but I'm not sure how it can be built into a good
business model.

> It has been suggested to me that I issue cards of prepaid time
> (such as 30 minute, 60 minute, up to 1000 minutes) for various prices.
> The cost is computed on a per-minute basis and the larger cards
> would reflect a discount).

Prepaid cards are good business. You have the customer's money (and can
earn interest on it) and the customer has nothing but a piece of plastic
that they one day *may* use.

> I am also looking at who would offer the best backbone service
> (or should I go with more than one with an in-house peering
> arrangement?), such as Cox, AT&T, QWEST, Sprint, MCI.

The best backbone service will be offered by some company called
OpNIX......maybe you've heard of us?

Dennis Sacks
dennis@illusions.com
Managed Services Geek, OpNIX, Inc. www.opnix.com