easyInternet in New York
easy Internetcafe on 42nd Street just off Times Square is the largest, and possibly cheapest Internet cafe in the world, so says Time Out New York. It has a 500-person capacity, opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 1 a.m. "And despite the lack of ambiance, the place is rarely less than half full."

The max price per hour is $2.25 for peak times - considered 3 p.m. to close. But it sounds like you just fill up your card with bills or coins and use any machine (like a Kinko's, I think.) The owner (who also founded discount airline easyJet) plans to franchise, and already has machines at a Ranch #1 near Rockefeller Center and at Cafe 101 at Park and 41st. So I'm guessing that if you have a card, you could check your e-mail real quick while you're waiting for your food at lunch.

The story also says the city's first Internet cafe, which opened in the "mid-90s," was at Lafayette and Prince but it closed last year. The easy Internetcafe opened at Times Square in 2000.
- posted by Amy @ 10/13/2003 11:07:00 AM