The Internet has world-wide coverage and the ability to let you read text, see pictures and movies, hear sounds, and search for information and ask questions. It can do all of these much more quickly and cheaply than the phone or the mail. As an Internet user, you can access information provided by universities, businesses, governments, professional associations, and individuals. Any type of business that can be conducted by phone or mail can now be conducted more rapidly and cheaply via the Internet. If you are a subscriber to any kind of periodical or data base that arrives as a book, or on a diskette, you will probably find that you can now access the same information from the Internet.
Electronic mail helps alleviate phone tag.
And tele-conferencing is now practical and cheap over the Internet. It is also increasingly easy to become an information provider on the Internet. Students, professionals, and the press are currently the heaviest users of the Internet. If your work targets these groups, your Internet presence will be heavily accessed, and very visible.