In another thread, I posted a link to this
article, which states:
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Here is an interesting fact, the majority of those cafes (80%) are run by women, with no special skills or with a very little experience in technology use. That is a result of the Internet penetration in rural territories made by women. The internet access promotion supervised by women reveals a revolutionary effect on the 700 million people who live in Indian villages.
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NewYorkDude, does this seem accurate to you? Also, do you know if there are more cyber cafes in rural areas or urban areas?
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Originally Posted by newyorkdude
In other words, young kids, the ones who use computers at cyber cafes, meet and flirt etc at cyber cafes, but I doubt whether they do so in the same way Americans or Canadians might.
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That doesn't surprise me. I hear these days people even flirt at the supermarket.
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Originally Posted by newyorkdude
The first wave of cyber cafes was established and run by individuals. When I arrived the second wave of cyber cafes was run by big companies like Sify. They were killing the little guy shops.
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That's too bad. Are many of these individually-run cyber cafes shutting down because these big companies are entering the cyber cafe market?
BTW, I appreciate the wealth of information you've been providing on INForum. I'm gaining a better perspective of India through your posts.
