Reasons for a visit The customers get free advice from the employees who have a vast knowledge and who enjoy what they are doing. The cafes are open during people's sparetime, or when they cannot reach other computers. The cafes are often equipped with high standard computers and they use wide bandwidths and permanent connections for the Internet. Thereby, it takes less time to download a webpage or send an e mail. Less time means lower cost.
Some cafes also offer other facilities, like printouts and copying possibilities.
Many people have limited, if any, access to a computer due to financial shortage, or because they are visitors to the area. Both students, tourists and immigrants tend to go to Internet cafes more often than others. This is not true for many schools and workplaces where the users either have limited access to all applications or have to use them under restrictions. Most of the customers surf the net, mainly for amusement but also to find information for their research and schoolwork. The second big area of use is e-mail.