Internet Cafe Business Guide

In determining the best Internet Service Provider, the main criterion that should be addressed is the speed. This speed is usually measured by customers as how fast download and upload time is. It also includes Internet browsing speed and online gaming performance. There are several Internet Service Providers in the Philippines nowadays but there are two Internet Service Providers that stand out. These are PLDT myDSL and Globelines Broadband.

The most common Internet Service Provider in the Philippines is PLDT myDSL. PLDT gives several DSL pricing options that aims to suit the customer’s needs. Each of the pricing options is available in different maximum speed levels. In general, the speed of the DSL connection is just fine. It may not reach the maximum speed on your plan most of the time but the Internet connection speed is at its tolerable level. Uploading and downloading of files are fast. When it comes to online gaming, there are instances wherein the game is a bit lagged but still, connection speed is tolerable. However, there are lots of instances wherein there are DSL connection problems. And to make things worse, PLDT has poor customer service and technical support staff that will not give you any assurance about your complaint.

Another popular Internet Service Provider in the Philippines is the tough competitor of PLDT myDSL, Globelines Broadband. It contains similar connection packages like PLDT myDSL but they offer it at a cheaper price. At the start of the Globelines Broadband subscription, customers were very happy with the connection speed as well as the service they are getting from the customer service and technical support staff. But as they grow in numbers, it has become evident that the connection speed and quality of service from CSRs and technical support are downgrading. Aside from that, after the Taiwan earthquake, customers subscribed to this plan were the most affected. The connection was restored after a month and the speed was noticeably slower than it was before. Good thing for Globe, they were eager to give a bill deduction on the billing statement that they issued after the Taiwan earthquake.

MMORPGs stand for massive multiplayer online role playing games. The definition pretty much speaks for itself, but for those who still don’t get it, they’re simply just like your typical RPGs except that there’s no single player play or LAN (Local Area Network) play. The most recommended MMORPGs for internet cafes as of date are RF online, Tantra, Flyff, RAN online, and many more.

RF online stands for Rising Forces, and is about various robot races struggling for dominance over resources. Characters are classified into warriors (melee fighters), rangers (ranged fighters), specialists (fighters with special abilities), and spiritualists (fighters with different kinds of energy weapons).

Tantra is one of the more popular of these online RPGs. The story is based on the definition of Tantra itself, as a body of practices and beliefs based on the principle that everything in the universe is controlled by the energy of an all-powerful God. This RPG features three different schools of Tantra, each having its own views and specialties. Each of these schools focus on the use of a certain form of chakra and uses varying methods to make use of it. The first school is the Samaja Tantra. This school specializes on the right hand path and specializes with the use of the Sahasrara chakra. The second school is the Mishra Tantra, which specializes on Anahata chakra. The 3^rd school is the Kaula Tantra, which is considered to go on the left path. This school specializes in Muladhara chakra and uses external methods to bring forth its power.

Flyff stands for Fly for Fun. This game as its name suggests allows players to fly around the world. They gain experience points by defeating monsters. Higher levels means better playing and fighting power. Characters fly around on brooms and boards.

RAN online is a campus-based game. The plot focuses on three schools named Sacred Peak, Phoenix, and Mystic Peak. As the story goes, a fourth school fails to protect its students from becoming mutants. The objective of the game is to find out what happened to the fourth school and save the students. A player can start with two players, but can add up more later in the game. There are four character modes in the game: brawler and swordsman for male players, and archer and shaman for female players.

Here’s a compiled list of Online Games that clicks lately (in alphabetical order):

Audition
FlyFF
FreeStyle
Granado Espada
Guild Wars
MU
O2Jam
Perfect World
Ragnarok
Rakion
RAN
RF

Offline Games:

Counter Strike (and also CS:Source)
DOTA, of course
GTA: San Andreas
Half Life 2
Call of Duty 1 and 2
Far Cry
NBA Live
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 2

These are the programs that each of your computer should have:

Yahoo Messenger

Yahoo Messenger is the most popular instant messaging client and protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic “Yahoo! ID” which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email. Yahoo! offers PC to PC telephone, file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories.It also offers (on Microsoft Windows) many unique features such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows), address-book integration and Custom Status Messages. It was also the first major IM client to feature offline-messaging, BUZZing, music-status. Another recently added feature is customized avatars.However, some of these features are not available on other platforms

MSN Messenger

MSN Messenger was a free instant messaging client that was developed and distributed by Microsoft between 1999 and 2006 for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, and aimed towards home users. Amongst its users it is often referred to as “MSN,” though in Latin America and Spain it is known as “el Messenger,” as other instant messaging clients are less popular there. MSN Messenger is often used to refer to the .NET Messenger Service (the protocols and server that allow the system to operate) rather than any particular client. The business-oriented client for Windows, which also uses Microsoft’s .NET Messenger Service is called Windows Messenger. It is possible for virtually any computer with an Internet connection, Windows XP and Internet Explorer to connect to the Messenger Service by using MSN Web Messenger, or one of the unofficial equivalents (which have advantages such as compatibility with browsers other than IE, but do not have an interface that mimics the one of the MSN Messenger application).

Skype

Skype users essentially make telephone calls and video calls through their computer using Skype software and the internet. The basis of the system is free communication between users of Skype software; however the product also allows Skype users to communicate with users of regular landline and mobile telephones. This software is currently available free of charge and can be downloaded from the company website, but the software is proprietary and the Skype protocol is unpublished.The main difference between Skype and other VoIP clients is that Skype operates on a peer-to-peer model, rather than the more traditional server-client model. The Skype user directory is entirely decentralised and distributed among the nodes in the network, which means the network can scale very easily to large sizes (currently just over 100 million users) without a complex and costly centralised infrastructure.

Chikka TXT Messenger

The Chikka Messenger is truly instant messaging from your phone. It unifies your mobile phone number and instant messaging IDs and checks for online buddies with just one SMS message. It receives instant messages on your mobile when you’re away from your computer and sends multimedia messages from your PC to MMS-enabled mobile phones. Meanwhile, its Txt2Mail application lets you send and receive e-mail from mobile phone users. Chikka’s latest versions also deliver top-up credits to mobile subscribers on selected carriers.