Introduction
The Internet was created in the 1960s by the
Department of Defense as an almost indestructible
way to keep the military communicating in the event
of a nuclear war. The Internet allows computers all
over the world to communicate with one another by
sending packets of information through phone lines.
It was abandoned by the Department of Defense and
kept alive by students of universities and the
science divisions of governments all over the world.
For the most part the Internet in the beginning
was a “techie” text based medium embraced and used
by those in technical and computer-oriented fields
to communicate through electronic mail (e-mail) and
Usenet. E-mail is like regular postal mail except
that it is sent and received by Internet users over
the phone lines on their computers. Usenet is like a
large global discussion group that is segmented by
subject. and users discuss topics within the subject
matter by posting a series of replies and responses.
These subject specific segments of Usenet are
referred to as newsgroups, and the replies and
responses that comprise the topics they contain are
known as threads. To date the number of subject
specific newsgroups is in excess of 35,000 and
growing.
In 1991 the government sponsored development and
creation of hypertext transfer protocol “http.”
“Http” transformed the Internet from a text based
communications medium to one that allowed users to
access a new “world wide web” of global information
that encompassed not only text based communications
but pictures, graphics, audio and video. The
multimedia aspects of the web attracted corporate
populations from all over the world to create
digital commerce presence in this new vibrant medium.
The vibrancy of this new medium has attracted
young and old to “surf the net” to find information
on anything from recipes to watching real-time video
from television networks all over the world. To date
there is an estimated 70 million Internet users
globally with an additionally estimated 10,000 new
users logging on for the first time worldwide. At
this rate of growth it is estimated that the
Internet population will explode to in excess of 200
million global users by the year 2000.
No matter if one goes on the Internet for
recreation or business, all Internet users have one
thing in common - they need access! Access is the
“gas in the fuel tank “ for Internet users to
navigate through the Internet and all the divisions
of cyberspace that can be accessed through it.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are making a
fortune by providing users with easy to use software
that allows them to sign on in minutes!
The gold rush in cyberspace is on! Those who get
in early stand the highest potential to make the
greatest amount from consumer’s mad rush to get
connected to this digital marvel. One might think
that you would need hundreds of thousands of dollars
in equipment and resources to start your very own
Internet access company. However, through Making
Money Interactive you can start your very own
Internet access company for pennies on the dollar
and make monthly residuals for everyone that you
give free Internet access to!
Just imagine what selling potential you have when
you are no longer selling a good or service, but
just simply giving it away! Many industries have
embraced this distribution method and are exploding
because of it. Cellular phones, pagers, home
security systems and a variety of other goods and
services are now given away in exchange for a
monthly service commitment.
In the new model that industry has embraced for
the distribution of goods that have monthly service
aspects, very little if any money is asked of the
consumer to purchase or obtain the goods necessary
to access a service. Instead, industry attempts to
secure profits through the longevity of a service
contract.
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