The Daily Telegraph says the internet cafe is already on its way into the footnotes of history and few will be surprised when the last one shuts.
The world’s first opened 10 years ago today in Whitfield Street, central London.
The newspaper says they are already beginning to look as quaint and old-fashioned as the launderette and “ye olde village tea shoppe”.
References: The Daily Telegraph 01/09/04 page 10, page 23 (Leader)