Comparing Service Providers ISP vs ASP

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Comparing Service Providers ISP vs ASP

In today's society, technology is the wave of the future. With the invention of the Internet, the world seems to get smaller and smaller, minute-by-minute. When using the Internet, one must have a service provider to access any information that is out there on the information superhighway. The two service providers I will be explaining in this report are Internet Service Providers (better known as ISPs and Application Service Providers (better known as ASPs). There is a big difference between Internet Service Providers and Application Service Providers. An internet service provider (ISP) is a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services such as Web site building and virtual hosting. An application service provider (ASP) is a company that offers individuals or enterprises access over the Internet to applications and related services that would otherwise have to be located in their own personal or enterprise computers. In this report I will talk about the vast differences in these two service providers including their history, their current uses, and their future directions.

ISP

The most common way to access the Internet from home is with a modem and a phone call to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Your computer connects via modem to the ISP, which in turn is connected to the Internet with a high-speed link. An ISP has the equipment and the telecommunication line access required to have pop on the Internet for the geographic area served. The larger ISPs have their own high-speed leased lines so that they are less dependent on the telecommunication providers and can provide better service to their customers. Among the larg...

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2. The ASP model hits the hut. (Company Business and Marketing) Hazel Ward. Computer Weekly Nov 2, 2000 p18

3. ISPS. (Computersathome.com)

computersathome.com/content/net_wise/isps/default.asp

4. Application Servers Seen Booming. (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article) Business Communications Review August 2000 v30 i8 p8

5. Free ISPs. (Company Business and Marketing) Robert Strohmeyer. Ziff Davis Smart Business for the New Economy March 1, 2001 p46

6. ISP / Web Hosting Directory. (ComputerUser.com)

http://www.currents.net/isp/

7. Sun: Paving the Road to Web Services. (Company Business and Marketing) Lee Copeland Gladwin. Computerworld Feb 12, 2001 p16

8. ISP Ranks Still Growing; Big Get Bigger. (Industry Trend or Event) Business Communications Review Nov 2000 v30 i11 p8

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