Away from home. Securing Internet Cafes whie maximizing customer freedom

In the modern world where it is cheaper and easier than ever to stay in touch, the Internet cafe has become a shining oasis in a desert of unfamiliar sights and sounds for the modern traveler. At the same time students, gamers and traveling business people are also making use of the technology and high speed Internet access provided by Internet cafes. This essay is a real world example of steps taken by the author when hired to redesign and manage the IT aspects of 2 medium sized (100 user PCs in total) Internet cafes in Europe in 2001.