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| ISP | Number of Hours | Cost | Phone Number | Number of Screenames |
Web Storage |
| AOL | 3 | $4.95/month** | local | 7 | ? |
| AOL | 5 | $9.95/month* | local | 7 | ? |
| AOL | Unlimited | $21.95/month | local | 7 | ? |
| EarthLink | Unlimited | $19.95/month | local | 1 | 6MB |
| EarthLink | Unlimited | $24.95/month*** | free anywhere | 1 | 6MB |
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| I think that after looking at these two ISPs, I feel that AOL offers a better deal for about the same price. The biggest difference between these two providers is the fact that AOL gives you 7 email accounts while EarthLink gives you only one. | |||||
| Free Internet Service Providers | |||
| ISP | hrs/Month | Phone # | Email Storage |
| Netzero | up to 40 hrs/month | local | 3MB |
| Bluelight | up to 25 hrs/month | local | 6MB |
| Here are two free ISPs which I compared. I think that Netzero is the better deal. While you only get half the email storage, you get almost double the amount of time to use the service. To me, that is more important. | |||
Web Browsers
Download Internet Explorer 5.5
Web Hosting
| Free Web Hosts | ||||
| Web Host | Web Space | FTP Feature | Advertisements | FrontPage 2000 |
| Geocities | 15MB | Yes | Banner | Yes |
| 50Megs | 50MB | Yes | Banner | Yes |
| It seems here that 50Megs.com is a better web host. It gives you more storage than Yahoo, and for $5.00 a month, you can rid your web site of all advertising banners! I would have to go with 50Megs here. Sorry, Yahoo. | ||||
| Professional Web Hosts | ||||
| Web Host | Cost | Setup Fee | Storage | FrontPage |
| Verio Bronze | $24.95/month | $50 | 40MB | Yes |
| Verio Silver | $49.95/month | $50 | 60MB | Yes |
| Verio Gold | $99.95/moth | $50 | 100MB | Yes |
| Affinity a1000 | $19.95 | $49.95 | 100MB | Yes |
| Affinity a2000 | 39.95 | $49.95 | 200MB | Yes |
Domain Name Registration
| Domain name registration is the process of buying your own Dot COM, Dot NET or Dot ORG. This costs money every year to maintain your name and to keep it active. There is only one keeper of the database of ALL INTERNET names! That company is NetworkSolutions.com. This used to be a division of the US government, now they are a public company trading under the ticker of NSOL. Until recently, if you wanted to buy a domain name you had to buy it through this company. Now you can buy domain names through hundreds of companies, but the name is still held in ONE DATABASE, which is managed by Network Solutions. So, if you want to learn anything about domain names, then go to the source! http://NetworkSolutions.com |
| Domain Name Registrar |
.com | .net | .org | .tv |
| NetworkSolutions | $35/year | $30/year | $25/year | $50/year |
| Lets$ell | $30/year | $30/year | $30/year | not an option |
Telecommunications Data Speed
| Telecommunication Line | Download Speed | Upload Speed |
| 56K | 53.3K | 33.6K |
| ISDN | 128K | 128K |
| Cable | 200K-1.2Mbps | 100-200Kbps |
| Satellite | 300-900 Kbps | 50-150 Kbps |
| T-1 | 1.54 Mbps | 1.54Mbps |
| T-3 | 45 Mbps | 45 Mbps |
| OC-3 | 155 Mbps | 155 Mbps |
| Web Publishing | ISP Providers | Area Exchanges |
| Domain Registration | Backbones | |
| Web Hosting | Data Speed | Search engines |
The BOSSES of the Internet:
IAB- Internet Architecture Board-- this is a group which is responsible for all procedures used by the internet
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force-- this group deals with trying to make sure the internet runs smoothly
IRTF Internet Research Task Force--a group consisting of many small research groups concerning the evolution of the future of the internet
W3C World Wide Web Consortium--develops guidelines, software, tools, specifications, etc., in order to make the most of the web
MAE Metropolitan Area Exchange
--this is where ISP backbones meet. There are two huge MAEs, one in the east (Vienna VA), and one in the west (San Jose CA). There is also one in Texas. MAE east is said to actually be inside a parking garage!
NAP Network Access Points
These exist as a way for NSPs and ISPs to connect to eachother. There are six Large Network Access Points, and many smaller NAPs in the United States. Some of the larger ones are:
Sprint in Pennsauken NJ
Ameritech in Chicago
PACBell in California
MFS Communication in Washington DC, California, Texas, France, and Germany
Maps
AT&T and Verio's Internet Backbone maps of the USA
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A world map of PSINet's Internet Backbone
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How to Register a domain name!
Web Technician
Web Site Manager
Web Research and Development
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