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Javaroma, the coffee shop that is located in the Northwestel Building, has finally sold. Adrian Bell the former owner had it for sale for some time and finally managed to sell it. As of September 1, 2009 Rami Kassem and Fadil Memedi, a former driver and owner of City Cabs, took over the store. They say they do not plan on changing much, only adding a few personal touches. Such as new food items as well as sprucing the place up a bit. Both men should have no problem running this hot spot as both have background in business operations and running restaurants.

From what I can tell this means only good things for the customers. New food menu, cleaner store and better atmosphere. What I am hoping for is that they bring back the WiFi whether it is free or not. Yellowknife is in desperate need of more WiFi Hot Spots and Javaroma is a prime location.

What are you thoughts, Yellowknife. What do you want to see change, or not change? What new things would you like to see at the store? Share for all to see.

You can read a full article on the sale in the Sept, 9th Yellowknifer.

This is just a quick update for those interested in getting Internet at Yellowknife’s Greatest Indoor Show. I talked to someone at the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce and they informed me there will be Hot Spots at the event this weekend.

There will be WiFi throughout the building but it may be faint in some areas.

Hope to meet up with some new people as well as see some old faces.

Remember first 500 mom at the Show on Sunday get a free flower.

I was recently informed by Nancy via Twitter that Javaroma has canceled their free Internet Access because of a $700 Internet bill they received. I can’t say I’m surprised that they got the bill, it was bound to happen. What really shocks me is how it only happened now. They have had free Wifi there for years and surely people have taken advantage of it before and downloaded that big file or movie.

What I really don’t understand is why they are not looking in to their options. There are many Internet Cafe/ WiFi Hot Spot solutions out there. Look at Starbucks, they are partnered with AT&T, Boingo and others to provide WiFi access at almost every shop across North American. That’s a damn lot of Coffee Shops so surely our one Javaroma can come up with some sort of solution. If you Google “Internet Cafe Software” instantly you find several companies that offer software that can be used to regulate users Internet usage. I am also willing to bet if a small fee was tacked on to being able to use the Internet, people wouldn’t mind. I mean if they are spending $6 on a coffee, $5 for a hour or day of Internet shouldn’t be a big deal. Am I not right?

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think they are going in the wrong direction in this online era? Should they charge for Internet use? Let everyone know in the comments below.