Glad some of you are thinking for Cyber cafe solution :)
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote :
If staff members are changing IP or MAC addresses after being told not to, you have a policy problem.
anybody can change IP address, maybe a more tech savvy customer. Apart from policy issue, it has to be made tamper proof. Today the most contentious point of easy access to Internet access in public domain is that they cannot be traced back , the way a user can be if accessing from home /Office . Apart from the merits/demerits of the arguments. There are hardly viable solution available both cost or technically fit.
not my cybercafe - owner is computer illiterate and his staff are taking him for a ride
Most operators are computer illiterate, so what if some one claims them to be in the top 20% of Income bracket. Think of the STD/ PCO booth . A simple box with a bill printing machine helped a rapid penetration of telephone service. Sam Pitroda & co can take their credit but only the native vendors push with their crude but yet adaptible time keeping machine made the PCO booth business sell like hot cake ! Why can't this happen with Internet ?
- i (foolishly?) told him that linux will
liberate him
Keep going, buddy you can prove your detractors stupid ;)
Cheers
Ashish Saboo President Association of Public Internet Access Provider (ApiAp) The voice of independent Cyber cafe operators URL: http://www.apiap.cybernook.net Blog: http://apiap.blogspot.com