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Public paying internet computers...

  • 19-08-2008 5:08pm
    #1
    Evd-Burner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭


    Hows it going all.
    My brother is currently starting a business and he is looking to put in one of those computers with the cash box built in that lets ye put in 2 euro and then get access for 15 minutes. Does any1 know where i'd get something like that?

    Thanks in advance...

    And what wud the average cost of one of these computers be?


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  • #2
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    i dunno but 2e for 15 minutes is pretty damn expensive. t wouldn't see that much use unless its placed in a busy part of dublin

    busy office job dubs don't care about the price of anything. they are too busy to care so he might get away with it there.

    you just need the cash box and the computer itself locked away in a cabinet. so you just really need the cash box to connect to the computer, some software and the rest depends on where you want to put it, if it needs to be vandal proof and all that


  • #3
    montydorito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭montydorito


    seen them in an airport .


  • #4
    Evd-Burner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Evd-Burner


    Would be in the waiting area of a hairdressers...

    Where wud ye get the software???


  • #5
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Evd-Burner wrote: »
    Hows it going all.
    My brother is currently starting a business and he is looking to put in one of those computers with the cash box built in that lets ye put in 2 euro and then get access for 15 minutes. Does any1 know where i'd get something like that?

    Thanks in advance...

    And what wud the average cost of one of these computers be?

    This is an extract from a Website I just Googled:

    Our internet coin box adds coin operation to any internet PC. This allows inexpensive paid internet access to be added to any business. The box connects to the PC with a serial cable and may be wall or desk mounted. Euro version available. Uses internet cafe software available for online download from www.sitekiosk.com. Price £285 each + £12.50 P&P. Pays for itself in a few weeks.

    I'd imagine that this is the type of equipment you would need?

    Just Google coin operated internet access it's the first hit.


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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #6
    Evd-Burner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Evd-Burner


    Thanks mate that is exactly what i was looking for... Cheers


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  • #7
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    get your friend to disable the autorun feature on the computer when he gets it anyway.

    if you have a USB stick or cd rom with a simple batch file on it which closes the application running the coin operation thing you can get free internet.

    im speaking from experience. its really really easy.


  • #8
    mumhaabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭mumhaabu


    montydorito wrote: »
    seen them in an airport .

    Ditto, they have them in the departures area in Cork Airport.


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