Re: [ST] More Europe Questions

["Zoltan Pavlakovich" <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxx>]

Todd,

a small excerpt from Wikipedia

"As internet access is in increasing demand, many pubs, bars and cafes
have terminals, so the distinction between the internet cafe and
normal café is eroded. In some, particularly European countries, the
number of pure internet cafes is decreasing since more and more normal
cafés offering the same service. However, there are European countries
where the total number of publicly accessible terminals is also
decreasing. An example of such a country is Germany. The cause of this
development is a combination of complicated regulation, relatively
high internet penetration rates, the widespread use of notebooks and
PDAs and the relatively high number of WLAN hotspots. Many pubs, bars
and cafes in Germany offering WLAN, but no terminals since the
internet cafe regulations do not apply if no terminal is offered.
Additionally, the use of Internet cafes for multiplayer gaming is very
difficult in Germany since the internet cafe regulations and a second
type of regulations which was originally established for Video arcade
centers applies to this kind of internet cafes. It is, for example,
forbidden for people under the age of 18 to enter such an internet
cafe, although particularly people under 18 are an important group of
customers for this type of internet cafe."

HTH,

Z
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