EasyEverything is another brand rolled out by Richard Branson wanabee Stelios. The man who brought you EasyJet, EasyRentaCar and soon EasyMoney.
The cyber cafe chains are dotted around London and the rest of the major cities in Europe. Technically, the cybercafes are excellent, with over a hundred computer terminals, each with a high speed internet connection, flat screen monitor, web cam and additional facilities avaliable at an extra charge such as Microsoft office products and low cost phone calls.
The price of surfing is calculated on a variable system, depending on the level of demand. It's Sunday morning and I get over two hours of surfing for my £1. This is where EasyEverything can fall behind its competitors, as while it is good value for money at the moment, later in the day you could get just 14 mins for the same £1. Particularly, unreasonable when just two doors down is the also ultra-modern Virgin Megastore cyber cafe which charges £1 an hour regardless of the time of day. Depending on the time of day, depends which cyber cafe I choose to use.
EasyEverything does often represent good value for money though, credit is bought from machines inside, and currently you can purchase £8 worth of credit for £5. Representing a 60% increase. If you are really into surfing, you can also get a day pass for 24 hours unlimited access for £4, which may represent good value depending on what the price is when you start surfing. If you don't have your own computer at home and live nearby a EasyEverything then the £15 unlimited monthly usage may be the option for you. The great thing about the chain is that (for the one I'm in anyway), they are open 24 hours a day, so when there is nothing else to do, like today when everything is still closed, then it is a perfect place to me.
EasyEverything is great if you know what you are doing, however it doesn't appear to have a very strong staff force to offer assistance if required. Virgin Megastore does have slightly more staff avaliablity but prove to be of limited helpfulness.
Finally, EasyEverything has banners of adverts which sometime offer you the opportunity to get free credit, yesterday I was given 50p credit from one advert which increased my surf time by one and a half hours. Also, I like the feature of stand-by where you can freeze your computer and return, while time still goes from your computer, you can stay on at the same cost charge and not worry about someone taking your computer. There doesn't appear to be any restictions on the usage of real player or media player either.
The minimum credit is £1, but you can return whenever you want within a month to use that credit.
Enjoy surfing
Jonathan
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Good, to the point op - excellent! I'm led to believe that they deliberatly offer "not-so-good" value for money purely to discourage queuing at busy periods. Tom :o)
belinda9 26.08.2001 14:27
I went in one of those Cyber cafes for the first time in Lanzarote in June. I was only being nosey.
Very handy for those who haven;t got a PC.
free4susan 26.08.2001 14:11
Hi, I live in Munich and there is an EasyEverything shop here just across from the main train station. I found it excellent value, but I know what you're saying about your money's worth changing. Good op, Susan.
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Advantages: Good value at the right time of day, lots of terminals, quick download speeds, Disadvantages: Pickpockets, poor attention to after-net services (CD writing, printing), no toilets
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