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Chapter 6 Internet Service Providers— Hosting Your Web Site

Chapter 6 Internet Service Providers— Hosting Your Web Site. OBJECTIVES. What is an ISP? Why ISP? Example of IS: Web Hosting How do you choose an ISP?. What is ISP?. A company that provides access to the Internet and Internet services, e.g., Comcast cable modem, Verizon DSL

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Chapter 6 Internet Service Providers— Hosting Your Web Site

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  1. Chapter 6Internet Service Providers—Hosting Your Web Site

  2. OBJECTIVES • What is an ISP? • Why ISP? • Example of IS: Web Hosting • How do you choose an ISP?

  3. What is ISP? • A company that provides access to the Internet and Internet services, e.g., Comcast cable modem, Verizon DSL • Six types of Internet services

  4. Why ISP? • Foundation of e-Commerce: networking consumers • Get you connected • Offer you Internet services (6)

  5. Web Hosting • Web hosting is a part of an ISP business • Web Hosting example: www.yeswici.com from 1and1.com

  6. BIG PICTURE: SERVICE PROVIDERS • Internet Service Provider • Health Service Provider • hospitals • Application Service Provider • Web based • Business application, e.g., CRM • Example: http://www.salesforce.com

  7. HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISP • Bandwidth Size • E.g. High-speed T1 and T3 lines • Connection Availability and Performance • E-mail Aliases/Forwarding

  8. HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISP (cont.) • Local Access • Customer Service and Technical Support • Price

  9. History of ISPs • ISP: part of Telecom history • Value of a name – branding • Why carry the name of AT&T? • AT&T story - Brand Identity • AT&T -> baby bells • SBC bought AT&T -> new AT&T • Cingular bought AT&T wireless -> Cingular • AT&T + BellSouth -> AT&T

  10. WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME? • A name that identifies one or more IP addresses • Example, URL www.towson.edu, the domain name is “towson.edu” • So it is the network name

  11. How to Host a Web site? • Find an ISP: 1and1.com • Get a Domain name: www.yeswici.com • Build your site: FrontPage • Load your site: FTP • Modify your site: FrontPage + FTP • Make known your site: www.prweb.com • Gain full control: dedicated web server

  12. Exercises • What is the top level domain for education? • What are the criteria to evaluation ISP? • What is the fastest growing market for ISP? – residential • How to host your site?

  13. Summary • What is an ISP? • Example of Web Hosting • How to Choose an ISP • What is Domain Name?

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