Internet Service Providers
Internet Service Providers questions to ask and things to look for
PC Magazine has an article that compares the major online service
providers like AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy and MSN compared to ISPs.
Check Your Way
To The Perfect ISP
highlights questions to ask when choosing an ISP for individual or
corporate use.
Architecture: The
Internet - What Is It? is an article that explains, from an networking perspective,
a backbone, a net access point and how the Internet is connected. It provides tips on how
to choose an Internet Service Provider who offers a good connection to the Internet.
Internet Service Providers List
The List provides a directory
of over 5000 ISPs around the world. A search by area code or by
state/province is available to those in Canada and the United States.
ISP Finder
allows you to enter your area code and it locates many of the providers that
service that area. This is not a comprehensive list of providers.
CNET Review
provides a numerical score of 636 Internet service providers as rated by
their customers. ISPs are categorized as either national or local. A brief
discussion on how to choose an ISP is available along with the ability to
rate your ISP.
Boardwatch
provides a database of ISP's you can search by geographical location.
ComputerUser lists ISPs by area codes
in the United States.
Yahoo's list of Web Hosting provides an alphabetical
and numerical list of web site hosting companies.
Email only services
There are a variety of email services to choose from. You can get a
free email account simply by agreeing to receive advertisements in your browser.
You can have a permanent email address which forwards your mail to your
actual ISP. So when
you switch ISPs you just change the email address where your mail is
forwarded. You don't
need to contact all your email correspondents with your new email address.
You can also
buy extra emails at a low cost as well as find a service to have an email
address with
your own domain name with out the cost of host a site with your domain name.
Free Email is discussed in this Family PC article. It lists a few free
email service providers and well as their potential service charges in the future.
CNET's FreeMail is an
article by CNET that discusses free email service providers. It also rates and scores
these free email services on a variety of features.
akaMail provides email
forwarding, low-cost additional email addresses and email at
you@yourdomainname.com services. Even if you
don't want to post a big web site you can buy your surname domain
like "www.luckevich.com" and then get all your family email addresses
like diana@luckevich.com and mike@luckevich.com etc... This way everyone in the
family can easily remember everyone else
email addresses.
Email address for life is free
service offered by
NetAddress. It is an advertiser supported facility that will forward your
email to your current Internet provider. This allows you to keep the
same email address forever.
Yahoo's mail forwarding contains a large list of companies that
provide a variety of email forwarding services.
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