Egypt discovered the joys of cyberspace socialising, and no one has looked back since. Customers are charged by the hour or fraction of an hour for using the Internet.
Some venues even offer annual or monthly subscription packages at a discount.
Customers browse or chat while listening to MTV or watching sports channels. Egypt currently has about 40,000 Internet subscribers, increasing at an annual rate of 30 per cent. The great advantage, of course, is that customers don't have to buy a computer to get on-line. We charge only LE10 per hour. Khaled Sherif, a researcher who is preparing his PhD, said that the Internet has made it much easier for him to finish his research.