Ideal Place for internet Cafe:
Starting an internet cafe (or cyber cafe or gaming center or net cafe) is not as difficult as everybody thinks, but things might get quite messy if you are clueless. Make sure that the place you find can be seen by people passing by example: near schools,churches or other heavily populated areas. Always makes sure that your surrounding is presentable and clean to attract people to your vicinity. Keep in mind that customer will comeback if they are given quality services in short “ they get what they pay for”.
Arrangement for Tables Inside:
When setting up an internet cafe layout, the most important thing might be the arrangement of the computers. That is including the arrangement of the tables where you want to put the computers on. The purpose of good arrangement is that the internet cafe will look neat and comfortable in the eyes of your customers. And you will be able to monitor the customers easily.
Standard computer table have 2.5 ft depth, but in this internet cafe shop I used computer table with 1.8 ft depth. If the standard depth is used, the arrangement in the most top image is not possible. But with the new measurement, it is easy and there is more space to utilize, such as to use bigger and comfortable chair seats.
Electrical Wiring:
Electrical wiring works should be done by licensed contractor, but you should know what the contractor have to do, such as how many sockets you want and where are they placed.There should be a sufficient number of socket outlets in the internet cafe area for all your needs. For safety and for your own convenient, it is best to have 2 electric sockets for each computer. One for the CPU and another is for the monitor. For the speakers, USB powered speakers should be used.
Another thing to consider is electric sockets placement. It might be dangerous to place the socket too low from the floor. It is dangerous for the customer and it is not so convenience. I think the best practice is to put the socket at the same height of the computer monitor and make sure it is placed behind the monitor.If the computers are far away from the wall, consider to use a high quality extension socket. And for your properties and your own safety, do not connect multiple appliances to a single socket with a simple double adaptor or block socket adaptor. If necessary, use a multi-outlet safety plug board that has a built-in overload cutout feature.
Network and Cable Wiring
Unlike other types of shop, internet cafe needs one more wiring other than electrical wiring which is network cable wiring. A good planning is needed to suite the location of every device in the internet cafe. Unlike electric wiring which only needs 3 to 6 cables in each electric wire casing to the switches, plug or sockets, network cable is exclusive one cable for each device. This is about Category 5 (Cat5/Cat5e) cable. Cat 5 is required for basic 10/100 functionality, you would want Cat 5e for gigabit (1000BaseT) operation and Cat 6 or higher gives you a measure of future proofing.
Common network cable used is Cat5. Each end of the cable has a plug, called RJ45 connector or plug. You can make the network cables yourself if you want to cut down the cost of setting up your own internet cafe. It is not so difficult. You only need Cat5 cable, RJ45 connectors, crimping tools and a lot of patience. Of course you must know how to arrange the wires by their colors.
Just keep in mind to all those individual who want to start this kind of business that you need good ISP (Internet Service Provider) and high capital for this project to succeed.
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