Vendo Vavoom – Internet
October 7th, 2005 | by ka edong |
My second Vendo story is from our trip to Singapore. Singapore can’t help but be connected. And it shows with the numerous vendo internet kiosks all around the place.
There were a couple of these vendo Internet kiosks at our hotel lobby (Hotel Grand Central at Orchard Road). They are stand-alone, no supervision needed. I guess the location in itself (a hotel lobby) is security enough.
There’s vendo internet kiosk has a coin slot. It’s costs 1 Singapore dollar (Php 32) per fifteen minutes. It has an LCD display that counts down your remaining Internet time. At around 5 or 3 minutes left, a buzzer will sound to warn you of your time.
When time is up, the keyboard and the mouse freezes. You have to make sure to close your email and anything confidential or private before your time is up. Otherwise, the next user will see all the windows you left open. If so, you’ll just have to flick another 1 dollar to ligpit your windows for another 15 mins.
Nice, huh? A bit expensive, considering that there are WiFi hotspots all over Singapore. But the vendo internet kiosks are convenient for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit Singapore every year.
Check it out next time you’re in Singapore.
Ka edong
Abangan: GSM Vendo payphone
7 Responses to “Vendo Vavoom – Internet”
By rio on Oct 7, 2005 | Reply
hi edong,
this is my first time visit ur site. pretty cool and quite informative. id like to comment on this article which u posted regarding ur internet usage in singapore. normally we already have it here in phils…applicable to internet station…some internet station here have not that numerous attendant to monitor their customers so they just simply put up this gadget to control the mouse and the keyboard and a buzzer to serve as a signal for the customer that their time gonna end soon (5min)…
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By rio on Oct 8, 2005 | Reply
here,P5.00 per 15min for games and P10 per 30 min…if ur time is up the mouse and the keyboraboard simply freezes.:)
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By ka edong on Oct 10, 2005 | Reply
hi rio!
talaga, meron na rin pala niyan sa cebu. i haven’t seen that kind of setup in manila.
am at swaziland, buti nalang naka-hanap ako internet. i’ve been internet disconnected for almost a week. tigang.
kaluoy.
ka edong
swaziland
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By nathalie on Nov 24, 2006 | Reply
whaaaah!
thesis pa namin dapat to…
any other ideas related to this one?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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By ka edong on Nov 24, 2006 | Reply
Yup, I have a thesis idea.
Create an automated system that allows G-Cash users to send credits (not load) to Smart Padala users (and vice-versa).
In essence, it’s a money-changer for two m-commerce “islands” that prior to your project, (naks!) have not communicated with each other.
ka edong
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By mark on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply
hello po ka edong. nagproposed po kami ng vendo machine para sa enet. anung base po ang ginamit ninyo? MCU po ba? san po pwede makakuha ng available na parts para sa hulugan token or coin? salamat po.
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By ka edong on Jan 28, 2008 | Reply
sorry, wala po akong impormasyon sa tanong mo ….
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