By Joey Gardiner, 1 June 1999 17:15
NEWS UK retail chain, Safeway, has set up in-store public access points for the Internet which aim to give the Internet novice a chance to explore the Web. The access points will be located in stand-up booths and users will be charged a flat connection fee of £2 for ten minutes. The service became available from late last week on trial in three stores in Camden, Chippenham and Edinburgh. Safeway commissioned a newly designed browser from Sterling technology company, Fastcom, to run on these coin-operated Internet points. Safeway claims the scheme will provide an opportunity for customers who previously haven't used the Internet to surf the Web without registering any personal information.
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