[andrewflnr]

I don't know exactly how common they were, but I've definitely been to an internet café in the US (in a very small town FWIW). AFAICT they're gone because they just don't make economic sense anymore with everyone having a WiFi device already.

[Noumenon72]

Also, public libraries have expanded into the space, using taxpayer dollars to provide the same service for free. Very entrepreneurial of them.