The best and only Internet cafe chain in Kyrgyzstan is called "Shmelle" ("Шмель") what means Bumblebee in Russian. For now it's the only real _brand_ among Kyrgyzstan Internet cafes and it's also increasingly popular.
Shmelle's price-list is very representative for all Internet cafes prices in Bishkek:
Internet (1 hour) 06:00-23:00 30 som ~ 0.60 euro
Internet (1 hour) 23:00-06:00 50 som ~ 1.00 euro
Microsoft Office (1 hour) 15 som ~ 0.30 euro
Photocopy (1 page) 1.5 som ~ 0.03 euro
Printing (1 page) 2 som ~ 0.04 euro
Floppy disc (1 disc) 20 som ~ 0.40 euro
CD (1 disc) 10 som ~ 0.20 euro
Burning CD (1 dics) 15 som ~ 0.30 euro
Looking at price-list you can see that some clients still use floppy discs and some come to the Internet cafes just to work with Microsoft Office application.
Some internet-cafes in Kyrgyzstan charge by bandwidth, so there clients usually say beforehand how much they want to spend at maximum. These Internet-cafes are extremely cheap for text data services like email or Google search, you may spend 5 som (0.10 euro) after half hour checking email, but if you plan to surf youtube it's better to go for Shmelle or similar ones.
You can also find Internet connection in computer game clubs, usually there are couple of computers dedicated for Internet users.
Here are the Shmelle's prices for Internet-telephony which is also widely used:
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Country ------------- Price (som)
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Afghanistan Mobile 16
Afghanistan Proper 16
Armenia Mobile 17
Armenia Proper 8
Armenia Yerevan city 7
Australia Mobile 14
Australia Proper 4
Austria Mobile 14
Austria Proper 4
Azerbaijan Baku city 10
Azerbaijan Mobile 14
Azerbaijan Proper 13
Bangladesh Mobile 11
Bangladesh Proper 13
Belarus Mobile 17
Belarus Proper 15
Belgium Brussels 3,5
Belgium Mobile 17
Brazil Mobile 10
Brazil Proper 7
Brazil Rio De Janeiro 5
Bulgaria Mobile - Globul 15
Bulgaria Proper 7
Canada 3
Cuba Proper 53
Cyprus Mobile 8
Cyprus Proper 8
Czech Republic Mobile 14
Czech Republic Proper 5
Denmark Mobile 16
Denmark Proper 4
Egypt Mobile 16
Egypt Proper 16
Finland Mobile 12
Finland Proper 4
France Mobile 11
France Paris 3,5
France Proper 3,5
Georgia Mobile - Geocell 12
Georgia Mobile - Iberiatel 14
Georgia Proper 7
Georgia Tbilisi city 7
Germany 3
Germany Mobile - All Carriers 16
Greece Mobile 12
Greece Proper 4
Hong Kong 4
Hungary Mobile 16
Hungary Proper 6
India 11
Indonesia Mobile 14
Indonesia Proper 9
Iran Mobile 11
Iran Proper 10
Iraq Baghdad 7
Iraq Mobile 16
Iraq Proper 14
Ireland Mobile 14
Ireland Proper 4
Israel Mobile 12
Israel Proper 4
Italy Mobile - All Carriers 18
Italy Mobile - Elsacom 18
Italy Mobile - H3G 24
Italy Mobile - TIM 16
Italy Mobile - Vodafone 15
Italy Mobile 18
Italy Proper 4
Jamaica Mobile - All Carriers 17
Jamaica Proper 12
Japan Mobile 15
Japan Proper 4
Jordan Mobile 18
Jordan Proper 13
Kazakhstan Almaty city 4
Kazakhstan Astana city 5
Kazakhstan Mobile 11
Kazakhstan Proper 9
Korea North Proper 28
Korea South Mobile 10
Korea South Proper 4
Kuwait Mobile 11
Kuwait Proper 11
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek city 4
Kyrgyzstan Mobile - BITEL 7
Kyrgyzstan Mobile - FONEX 7
Kyrgyzstan Mobile - KATEL 7
Kyrgyzstan Proper 7
Latvia Mobile 17
Latvia Proper 10
Lithuania Mobile 14
Lithuania Proper 7
Malaysia Mobile 5
Malaysia Proper 4
Moldova Mobile 16
Moldova Proper 9
Nepal Mobile 25
Nepal Proper 26
Netherlands Mobile 23
Netherlands Proper 3
Norway Mobile 14
Norway Proper 4
Oman Mobile 17
Oman Proper 17
Pakistan Islamabad 9
Pakistan Karachi 7
Pakistan Lahore 9
Pakistan Mobile 9
Pakistan Proper 9
Peru Mobile - Other Cities 19
Peru Proper 11
Philippines Mobile 16
Philippines Proper 13
Poland Mobile 18
Poland Proper 4
Portugal Mobile 18
Portugal Proper 18
Qatar Mobile 28
Qatar Proper 25
Romania Bucharest 12
Romania Mobile 17
Romania Proper 12
Russia Moscow city 3
Russia mobile 4
Russia Proper 4
Russia St. Petersburg city 3
Saudi Arabia Mobile 15
Saudi Arabia Proper 13
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 12
Spain Madrid 4
Spain Mobile - Telefonica 18
Swaziland Mobile 14
Swaziland Proper 14
Sweden Mobile - Vodafone 18
Sweden Proper 3,5
Switzerland Mobile 19
Switzerland Proper 4
Syria Mobile 16
Syria Proper 16
Taiwan Mobile 9
Taiwan Pager 4
Tajikistan Dushanbe city 9
Tajikistan Mobile 13
Tajikistan Proper 14
Turkey Mobile 12
Turkey Proper 5
Turkmenistan Mobile 12
Turkmenistan Proper 11
Ukraine Kiev city 8
Ukraine Kiev city, Ukrcom 8
Ukraine Kiev region 8
Ukraine Mobile - WellCOM 10
Ukraine Odessa city 8
Ukraine Odessa region 8
Ukraine Proper 9
United Arab Emirates Mobile 15
United Arab Emirates Proper 15
United Kingdom London 3
United Kingdom Mobile 16
United Kingdom Proper 3
United States Proper 3
Uzbekistan Mobile 11
Uzbekistan Proper 7
Uzbekistan Tashkent city 7
1 som ~ 0.02 euro
International calls prices with Internet-telephony are also beating all other international calls prices - landline, mobile, Internet-telephony from home.
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