There are many reasons why you might not be able to get connected to you local access number. Busy signals and a constant ringing with no answer are usually caused by one of our modems. You are able to send e-mail to other online services, as long as you have the correct email address. The Internet is a vast, global system consisting of people, computers, and communication lines. People provide all of the information.
Computers do the grunt work of actually moving the information.
The information is moved from one place to another through communication lines, including cables, satellite relay stations, and telephone lines. The most important aspect of the Internet is that it is a voluntary system. The most important thing about the information on the Web is that one piece of information can link to another piece of information anywhere else on the Web using something called hypertext . You can literally follow such a link from a document on one computer to a document on another computer anywhere else on the Web simply by pointing on the image or word that is linked and clicking your computer's mouse. Now that we have seen what the Internet is and how you can connect to it using your computer, a modem and a phone line, let's talk about the software you'll need to browse the World Wide Web.