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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 6
Internet Service Providers—Hosting Your Web Site
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OBJECTIVES
• What is an ISP?
• Why ISP?
• Example of IS: Web Hosting
• How do you choose an ISP?
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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
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Why ISP?
• Foundation of e-Commerce: networking consumers
• Get you connected
• Offer you Internet services (6)
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Web Hosting
• Web hosting is a part of an ISP business
• Web Hosting example: www.yeswici.com from 1and1.com
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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
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HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISP
• Bandwidth Size– E.g. High-speed T1 and T3 lines
• Connection Availability and Performance
• E-mail Aliases/Forwarding
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HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISP (cont.)
• Local Access
• Customer Service and Technical Support
• Price
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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Summary
• What is an ISP?• Example of Web Hosting• How to Choose an ISP• What is Domain Name?