Who Pay for the internet?

What is Internet?  

Internet  can  be  compared  with  a  library.  Like  a  like  a  library,  the 

Internet  is  also  a  source  of  enjoyable,  important  and  varied 

information that can be obtained and used by millions of people across 

the world. 

The  Internet  also,  like  our  library  contains  different forms,  like  text 

sound  and  graphics.  Super  library  does  not  allow  just  anybody  to 

browse books or cassettes; this facility is available only for authorized 

members  of  the  library.  In  a  similar  way  only  authorized  users  of  the 

Internet can access it to obtain information. 

Internet  is  a  worldwide  collection  of  computer  networks.  Internet  is  a 

cooperative  effort  of  many  people  and  organizations.  The  computers 

on  the  Internet  can  communicate  because  they  are  physically  linked 

and because they share a common language called TCP-IP.

Protocol: Is a formal definition of a language that two computers use 

to  communicate.  This  definition  describes  acceptable  messages  and 

outlines  the  rules  that  two  computers  must  follow  to  exchange  those 

messages. 

Transmission  Control  Protocol:  Is  the  major  transport  protocol  in 

the Internet Protocol suite. It provides reliable communication between 

two computers in the network. 

Internet  protocol:  It  is  the  network  protocol  in  the  Internet.  IP 

provides a best effort to deliver an IP packet betweentwo networks on 

the Internet. 

Internet  is  also  known  as  cloud  or  the  information  super highway. 

When  you  access  the  Internet,  you  become  the  part  of  the electronic 

community  that  encompasses  most  of  the  work.  The  Internet

community  includes  several  million  people.  Vast  libraries  advanced 

medical  and  technical  research  centers,  and  thousands  of  business 

large and small. 

Birth of Internet? 

The  INTERNET  was  born  in  1969,  when  a  paranoid  American  military 

had  nightmares  about  the  primary  communication  centers  being 

bombed  out  by  Russians.  To  prevent  suck  occurrence,  the  ARPA 

(Advanced  Research  Projects  Agency)  set  up  four  communication 

hosts,  linking  them  in  such  a  fashion  which  would  ensure that  even  if 

one got bombed out. Communication  would route aroundthe affected 

area and stay alive. 

This  network  called  ARPA  net  quickly  grew.  This  primary  service  on 

ARPA net was electronic mail. It was the first time that emails actually 

came  into  use.  In  very  short  time,  students  began  linking  their  own 

campus networks into ARPA net, using a well defined protocol TCP-IP. 

This joining of networks was also called inter-networking, and soon the 

entire setup was called INTERENT. 

In  1973,  ARPA  net  allowed  international  bodies  to  the  net,  and  after 

that there was no looking back. 

Who owns the Internet? 

No  one  person,  service,  corporation,  university  or  Government  owns 

the  Internet.  Each  connected  individual  or  group  owns  its  own 

network. 

Each  person  who  desires  telephone  service  contacts  the  local area 

service  provider.  The  service  provider  provides  the  hook-up  from  the 

residence or business to service network. The Internet mostly connects 

network  of  computers.  The  Internet  is  also  called  as  the Global 

Internet  because  networks  from  most  of  the  countries  with some  sort 

of  telephone  service  infrastructure  is  connected  to  it.  Practically  this 

means  people  can  use  their  computers  on  their  local  networks  to 

messages  or  exchange  files  with  people  using  in  another  company  or 

in another state, geographic region, or another country.