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Chapter 1
Quick Start - Getting Connected and Using the Internet

Hyperlinks to the URLs mentioned in this chapter

This material has been prepared to accompany the book "Learning to Use the Internet and the World Wide Web" (ISBN 1-887902-78-3) by Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman, and published by Franklin, Beedle and Associates, Incorporated, Wilsonville, OR. © 2002. No part of this may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed without permission of the publisher.

FYI History of the Internet and the World Wide Web

FYI Guides To Netiquette

  • Netiquette Home Page
    - "'Netiquette' is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal 'rules of the road' of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure."
    http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html
  • RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines
    - "This document provides a minimum set of guidelines for Network Etiquette (Netiquette) which organizations may take and adapt for their own use. As such, it is deliberately written in a bulleted format to make adaptation easier and to make any particular item easy (or easier) to find. It also functions as a minimum set of guidelines for individuals, both users and administrators. This memo is the product of the Responsible Use of the Network (RUN) Working Group of the IETF. "
    http://marketing.tenagra.com/rfc1855.html

FYI Selecting an ISP and Getting Connected

  • CNET reviews 5 major ISPs
    - "We test-drove five of the largest national ISPs operating in the United States--America Online, AT&T WorldNet, CompuServe, EarthLink, and MSN Internet Access--to find out which provided the best balance of dial-up connections, customer service, useful features, and an all-around pleasant experience. " March 6, 2001
    http://home.cnet.com/internet/0-3762-8-4951560-1.html
  • Webmonkey Guide to Finding an ISP
    - "These days, it doesn't really matter what you're doing; even standing at the bus stop, minding your own business, you'll be bombarded by ads for ISPs (Internet service providers). They're on buses, on billboards, on T-shirts, on TV, in the paper. America Online even has bumper stickers ("I'd rather be online"). It's enough to drive anyone crazy. So how do you find the right ISP for you?"
    http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/guides/web/isp.html

This material has been prepared to accompany the book "Learning to Use the Internet and the World Wide Web" (ISBN 1-887902-78-3) by Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman, and published by Franklin, Beedle and Associates, Incorporated, Wilsonville, OR. © 2002. No part of this may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed without permission of the publisher.