Ah that makes sense thanks, especially the 1 real = 1 USD period. When I visited Brazil around that time, people were accessing Orkut in these LAN houses. Havin

Ah that makes sense thanks, especially the 1 real = 1 USD period. When I visited Brazil around that time, people were accessing Orkut in these LAN houses. Having a PC at home seemed rare where I was in Bahia, probably because the economy tends to be a bit poorer there, so even with those favourable conditions a PC would have been out of reach for many ppl.