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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.comhttp://www.salesforce.com

7. 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. 8 HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISP (cont.) Local Access Customer Service and Technical Support Price

9. 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. 10 WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME? A name that identifies one or more IP addressesIP addresses Example, URL www.towson.edu, the domain name is “towson.edu” www.towson.edu So it is the network name

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

12. 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. 13 Summary What is an ISP? Example of Web Hosting How to Choose an ISP What is Domain Name?