Most large
Internet access providers offer such services.
If you have to make an international call to your home
Internet access provider, then reading your e-mail on the road will be expensive.
Canal Plus launched its own Web site, cplus.fr, four years ago and is also partnered with its main backer, Vivendi, as majority shareholders in
Internet access provider AOL France.
* America Online -- the proprietary online service that is also the world's single largest
Internet access provider -- reports dramatic changes in online buying patterns during the 1997 holiday season.
(At its simplest level, connecting a single stand-alone computer to the internet mainly involves calling an
Internet access provider.)
Experienced computer hacks can obtain a direct connection to the Internet through an independent
Internet access provider for about $25 per month.
(OTCBB: TKOI) division EthoStream reported that Twenty Four Seven Hotels, a Hospitality Management company based in Newport Beach, California has chosen EthoStream as its Preferred High-Speed
Internet Access Provider (HSIA).
Because of the differences among providers, regions, communities and contracts, owners should analyze the value of every proposal from a voice, video or high-speed
Internet access provider. Although experienced owners can often guesstimate the value of one offer compared with another, even they are often surprised by the results.
and
Internet access provider Nifty Corp., to obtain a license for a new advanced wireless telecommunication business.
The service is provided by Wayport, an
Internet access provider, and uses Ethernet local area networks.
"There's no de facto governing body that can enforce anything in what we call the Internet community--the infrastructure providers and the users of the Internet," says Michael McQuary, president and COO of MindSpring Enterprises, an Atlanta-based
Internet access provider. "The Internet community has a good moral compass and does take action quickly where it can.
Even in an office with as few as two people, the computers should be connected not only for communication between the computers but also so they can share a single
Internet access provider.