Connections

The Borderline by Gabe Martin

Hear Homer Simpson say, "Oh they have the Internet on computers now!"

Connections...getting on-line with your personal computer

Netscape's New to the Net Beginners' Guide.

Who's in Charge of the Internet? A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies by Alex Simonelis of Dawson College.

Useful Support Sites for Educators Who Have Technology Support Questions.

TechTV | Call for Help.

Free ISP Database Find Free Internet Access Service Providers Instantly

Alameda is wired. Is your county?

Purdue was wired in 1996 as shown in the diagram.

"Want to get connected but not sure where to start?" asked and answered by U.S. Robotics Education: Find out all about Broadband, Networking, and how modems work.

The Internet - a tale of protocols and packets with a nice network graphic.

Self-Paced Internet Tutorial that is Macintosh-y looking; not that there is anything wrong with that.

For a little background on How the Internet was invented as told on Living Internet dot com; this site uses "frames" so you won't get there directly, so navigate!

I know who I am, but where am I? See Your IP Address!

The WWW may know more about you than you think. A selection of data available.

Find Your IP Address

served fresh daily.

Privacy an issue? Megaproxy might help with freedom of speech.

Caller ID? Reverse Search Inside Out from About.

I am not wanted by Interpol, but Who is InterNIC?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, licenses InterNIC;
For Europe, it's RIPE;
For North and South America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, it's ARIN;
And for Asia Pacific, it's APINC.

Visit who is: look up internet domain information for more.

Geektools' Who is? and only a geek doesn't mind being called a geek.

For privacy and anonymity, try Anonymize dot net or Anonymizer dot com or Hidden Surf dot com.

For privacy, try Privacy Analysis of your Internet Connection from privacy.net.

For geography, try Lonely Planet.

For privacy, try Clean Surfer.

The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world.

Is your connection fast or slow or just half fast? Bandwidth Speed Test Resultsfrom Orlando, FL, try out Gronky

Or try Internet Connection Speedometer from McAfee.

At the Bandwidth Place,