Transcript Document 7270842

The Internet, Do You Need It?
An Educational Presentation
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Introduction
• Who Are We?
– Hawaii based ISP, Dial-up, DSL, High
Speed Internet Connectivity, Internet
Services Provider
• What is the Objective for this Seminar?
– Provide you information about the Internet
– Stimulate your thinking about us as a
Services and Solutions Provider
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What is the Internet?
• Many definitions
• Worldwide information and communications
network
• Standards based, public network
• Privately and collectively funded
• Fueled by technology
• Takes advantage of the telephone system
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Web Pages
UNIVERSITY
Personal Home Page
Home
Files, Information
The Internet
News
Email
City
Government
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What type of Services are
Available on the Internet?
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World Wide Web, Browsing
FTP (File Transfer Protocol, downloading)
E-Mail
News
Chat
Messaging
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Concept of Hypertext
• Data that contains links to other data
• Hypertext document contains text and links
• Hypermedia contain a variety of data types
examples are text, video, audio, etc.
• Browser is used to read hypertext and
hypermedia documents
• Totality of links are referred to as a web
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Example: Hyperlinking
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Example: Browsing
Read a Web page
with links
Browser
Interface
A File
FTP
A File Transfer
Graphics or video
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What type of Services are
Available on the Internet?
• VoIP (Voice over IP)
• VPN (Virtual private networking)
• Network enabled automatic data backup
and disaster recovery
• Video conferencing
• E-commerce
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Why is it Proliferating
as Fast as it is?
• Overcome time zones and physical distance
• Lower cost of doing business
– less paper
– less labor
collaboration
faster product to market
• Increase available market access/size
• Better services, voice and commerce
• Entertainment possibilities
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By Using the Internet
What Can I Get Accomplished?
• Find information on
any topic
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Home
Medical
Stock Market
Financial
Sports
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On-line shopping
Entertainment
Education
Communicate
– Friends
– Business
– Affinity groups
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By Using the Internet
What Can I Get Accomplished?
• Research any topic
– Competition
– Suppliers
– Customers
• Communications
– Suppliers
– Customers
– Prospective Customers
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• Shopping
• Banking, Loans
• Make your information
available
• Use it for advertising
• Use it to get products
serviced or fixed
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Compelling Reasons
to Access the Internet
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Information
Convenience
Accessibility
The Wave of the Future, the way of
doing business and communicating
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How do I Access the
Internet?
• What’s the most conventional way?
– Personal Computer with Internet Software
– Modem with Telephone line
– Internet Services Provider (ISP)
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What are the Details?
Elements Needed
Local
Telephone
Company
Personal Computer
Home or
Business
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Local Internet
Service
Provider
Internet
Modem
Telephone
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Are There Other
Methods?
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Dedicated telephone service, ISDN, DSL
Cable TV, Cable Modem
Web TV
PDA’s, Wireless
Business local area network (LAN)
Wireless, PCS or other
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Which is the Best Service
for Me?
• Depends what you want out of the Internet,
some issues to consider:
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Speed of the connection that suits your needs
Multiple e-mail accounts or not
Access to other services, home page memory
Monthly cost of the service
Customer technical support needed
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What are the Costs?
Residential
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Your PC, modem and cabling
ISP monthly recurring dial-up
Telephone monthly recurring
Variable if you use other services
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$23.00
$24.00
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What are the Costs?
Business
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PC, LAN, Router and cabling
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LEC provided DSL line
included
ISP DSL recurring (wholesale) $ 55.00
Variable if you use different
services
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What Distinguishes
One Service from
Another?
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America On-Line (AOL)
National ISP’s
Local ISP’s
Portal
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The AOL Model
Other
Internet
Software
or
Browser
AOL Network, multiple
clusters, singular
centralized presentation
AOL
Software
User
Interface
and
Display
Your PC and software
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Local
Telephone
Company
Internet
Hardware and
software to
accomodate
approximately
100,000 dial up
customers per
cluster
Content that is
served up to
customers is
programmed by
AOL
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The ISP Model
Other
Internet
Software
or
Browser
Long
Distance, 800
number
Service
Dial up number
determines where
connection is
made
Local
Telephone
Company
National ISP
Network Operations
Center
Internet
User
Interface
and
Display
Your PC and software
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The Portal Model
Other
Internet
Software
or
Browser
User
Interface
and
Display
Long
Distance, 800
number
Service
Dial up number
determines where
connection is
made
Portal conditions
your browser to
visit it first and to
present its look
and feel
Local
Telephone
Company
National ISP
Network Operations
Center
Local
ISP
Internet
Internet Portal
Service
Your PC and software
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How are you identified
on the Internet?
• As an Individual
– a user address consisting of a name you choose
and a domain where you reside
• As a Business
– a domain name, for example “name.com”
• As Other Organizational Entities
– a domain name representing a type of
organization
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The Anatomy of a URL
FQDN, fully
qualified domain
name
How to get to the Server storing the web site
9,999 possible ports which the browser
appends to the URL, for example 21=FTP,
23=Telnet, 25=SMTP email, 80=HTTP,
domain name
the only non-alpha character allowed
arbitrary
delimiter
delimiter
delimiter
change directory
web documents
root directory
delimiter
http : / / www . my-company . com : 80 / ~stan / index . html
protocol
host computer
with the web
site stored
within it
domain
top
port
level
number
domain
net
gov
edu
org
mil
countries
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shortcut to
user “stan”
home directory
file name and
extension, also
multipurpose Internet
mail extension (MIME)
How to get to the correct page at the web site
site
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Explain the Categories
in Domain Names
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.com
.net
.gov
.mil
.int
.edu
.org
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commercial organization
networking organization
government
US military
international organization
educational institution
non-profit organization
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Sample Geographic
Domain Names
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ar
br
ca
cn
fr
it
jp
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Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Italy
Japan
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kr Korea
mx Mexico
my Malaysia
se Sweden
sg Singapore
tw Taiwan
za South Africa
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Sample Internet Addresses
• General format is
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username@domain
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Why all the Hype in
.COM ?
• If your business uses the Internet, and I
believe all business’ must, .COM is
THE way to establish a presence
• There is value in a .COM name
• There is status in a .COM name
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Who Accesses a .COM?
• The entire Internet population can
– interested parties
– mischievous parties
• Search programs (also known as search
engines) looking to catalog .com sites
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Who Provides the .COM sites?
• Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) using
their services and equipment
• Hosting Companies using their services
and equipment
• You or your business with your own
equipment
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How Can I Establish a .COM?
• Formal request and registration
– Network Solutions, Inc.
• Dedicate a PC to perform all server
functions (or use a hosting company)
• Dedicate connectivity to allow access to
the server (sign on with an ISP)
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What do I Need to Support a
.COM?
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Content preparation, constant updating
Links, Hyperlinks
Monitoring, Security
Server Backup, Restoral
Personnel available to handle inquires,
fulfill orders, etc.
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Where is This All Heading?
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Everything will be on the Internet
Higher speed connectivity for homes
More entertainment
VoIP will be commonplace
Varied forms of access devices, all integrated
so it won’t matter where you are
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Roadmap to the Internet
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Do I Need the
Internet?
Start
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Do I have the
elements
required?
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Personal
or
Business?
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Do I need help?
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Do we need help?
Call aloha.com
to get
a PDC
proposal
Call
for
an assist and a
and assistance
proposal
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Need a cost
effective upgrade?
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PC
Software
Connection
ISP
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Is the proposal
acceptable?
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On
Line
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On
Line
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Need other
services?
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On
Line
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Glossary
• A glossary of key terms is attached to
this presentation
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References
• Detailed contact information is provided
in the references section, attached to
this presentation
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