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?