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ISP vs. ASP


They also include thousands of local providers. In addition, Internet users can also get access through online service providers (OSP) such as America Online and MSN. The larger ISPs interconnect with each other through MAE (ISP switching centers run by MCI WorldCom) or similar centers. The arrangements they make to exchange traffic are known as peering agreements. .
             There are several very comprehensive lists of ISPs worldwide available on the Web. Two men named Spike Ilacqua Barry Shein in 1989 invented the first ISP. Barry Shein came up with the idea and Spike Ilacqua made the idea work. In 1989 Barry started a small UNIX consulting company call Software Tool & Die. In late 1992 Barry told his idea to the National Science Foundation. The NSF allowed companies to sell dialup access to the Internet. On August 13, 1992, the two men ran the very first official ISP. The most important issue when it comes to choosing an ISP is to find one with a local phone number for a person to dial. Otherwise the phone tolls may cost you more than the ISP itself. Most ISPs have several access numbers, or points-of-presence (POPs) as they are often called. In certain metropolitan areas, strong competition has driven prices down significantly. In more rural parts of the country, a person may only have a few ISPs to choose from and prices will be somewhat higher. As far as emailing goes with ISPs, incoming e-mail is received by a persons ISP and stored in a mailbox for them on a computer known as a POP server. When that person connects to their ISP and run their e-mail program, the message is downloaded to a mailbox on their computer. At this point, the message is automatically removed from the ISP's POP server since it is now stored on their computer's hard drive (until they delete it in your e-mail program). A persons ISP will provide them with the address of their POP server, which they will need to enter into their e-mail program.


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