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Do internet cafes still exist in Paris and Rome?

Old Feb 7th, 2008, 12:39 PM
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Do internet cafes still exist in Paris and Rome?

Sorry if this has been asked before. On my search, it seems that most of the information here (and on Google) is old.

Anyway, we will be in the 6th in Paris and near the Campo di Fiore in Rome in April/May. Will we be able to find an internet cafe or have these all been replaced by WiFi?

We're staying in apartments, but don't have laptops to bring along.
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 12:58 PM
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http://en.parisinfo.com/guide-paris/...tions_internet

There are small shops mixed in with video rentals or copying... and some large chains with multiple locations...

Milk and Cybercube are the two chains..
http://www.milklub.com/halls/
http://www.cybercube.fr/us/index.htm
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 01:11 PM
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Meanwhile, in the outlying districts of Paris, where not everybody has private internet, the telephone/internet shops charge 1 or 2 euros an hour for high speed internet.
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Hi Shelly,

When I was in Paris in May 2006 I stopped at an internet cafe in the 5th, the location escapes me now sorry. But I think you should be able to find one around there as the area has a large student population.

I paid something like 3euro for 30mins, we had free internet in our hotel, but we happened to pass by this place and we needed to send an email so it worked out.

Good luck!
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 01:53 PM
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In Rome there are two internet, phone shops on Via Urbana. The one is much cheaper than the other and they are about 4 buildings apart.

Also, you do have to give them your passport to use the internet. It's an Italian Law.
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 02:36 PM
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There are internet cafes/shops all over Paris in every arr.
 
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I went to several in Rome when I was there in July - yes, be sure to bring your passport... you need it. One was a dial up in the Spanish steps area - it was SLOW and VERY hidden to get to.

I cannot recall the other area as we had been out walking for a while - but it was large, on a corner, very fast.
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 03:09 PM
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Thanks so much for all of your responses. I will definitely research these places.

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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 03:22 PM
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There is an internet cafe close to Campo dei Fiori, at the corner of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II Corso del Rinascimento, across from the church San Andrea della Valle.

Put these coordinates into maps.google.com

41.896500, 12.474110

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We used the internet cafe J62 mentions several times last October. It doesn't open til around 10 am I think.

And we never had to show our passports.
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I have read about the Italian law for internet cafes, but we weren't asked for ours either, nice shop on small street off piazza Barberini.
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I used the place J62 mentions a few times and think I did have to show my passport. It was very inexpensive.
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Old Feb 7th, 2008, 07:15 PM
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I think it's a cybercube, but there is a huge one right behind the MacDonald's which is on St. Germaine just a few steps east of Blvd. St. Michel. You buy time pretty cheap and sign in and out at will until you've used up your total time. It used to be incredibly hot in there, but this summer they added AC.
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Thanks again, all. I'm not sure why, but all the places I found on line yesterday were either really far away or weren't even open anymore.

I appreciate your help.

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Back in the days when the French lagged woefully behind the rest of the world in PCs at home and Internet connectivity, there were zillions of Internet cafés in Paris. Now they seem to be concentrated in the Latin Quarter, where many poor students still don't have their own Internet access. The rest of France is catching up, although it's still behind. The Internet cafés are gradually dwindling in number in consequence.

An increasingly attractive alternative is Wi-Fi, which is being provided at more and more places in France, so if you have a laptop with wireless capability, you don't need an Internet café.

Some hotels provide some sort of Internet access, but it's often a dusty 10-year-old PC in a corner with a dial-up modem rather than anything respectable.
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we were asked for I.D. in Italy ( near San Remo) but they were satisfied with the drivers license.
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Hi Shelly - In Rome I always use the EasyInternetCafé in Piazza Barberini.

The cheapest in town, I believe ...

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There are internet cafes all over France and Italy.

Have a great trip!
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Here is a link to an article about Italy's new internet anti-terrorist measures pertaining to cyber cafes.

http://tinyurl.com/9dk8s

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