High speed Internet has become one of the basic necessities of every modern home. Every body at home uses Internet. While daddy pays bills online, mom does online shopping and the kids of course check out local movies or play online games and chat with friends. Even grandpa and grandma speak to their grand children living in far away countries. Information is available at our fingertips with internet.

Internet too like other technologies has gone through its birth pangs. From the earlier times where we had the models through which one dialed up and took hours to browse through websites due to very low speeds, we have sure made progress. Today satellite Internet connectivity has been made possible where you can be anywhere in any remote corner of the earth and still be connected to civilization. Models have given way to USB Drives and SIM cards for simpler, wireless and easy access.

One can now look back with wonder to see how we have progressed from 215 kbps lines to the current 4G lines where download is instantaneous and only a matter of few minutes. We now have 24 hrs online connectivity replacing the earlier dial up connectivity.

When you tell your children of how the post used to work in the earlier times and we could only communicate through writing letters and posting them, it makes them laugh. They just cannot imagine living in a world without internet and emails, instant messaging etc. Infact Internet to them is not a luxury but a part of utility for every home.

With internet high speed connections at home, people are signing up for online education. Banking is now available to you online too and one doesn’t have to go to the bank anymore, nor do you need to go visiting super markets. You can do all this online. You can even book your movie tickets online as well as make your bookings for your holiday and get the best deals on the Internet. Want to know what is the latest in technology? Check it out on the net.

Network marketing has changed the way people buy things and go shopping. Business models are increasing adopting e delivery models and e business models. Finding service providers in your area is very easy and in a matter of few minutes you can be online chatting with them. Human networks are growing with Internet networks.

What about office and business processes? Typewriters are antiques. One hardly uses letterheads. It has become quite common to shoot emails in an instant. Meetings are no longer face to face but virtual with online video conferencing. Webminars, instant video as well as VOIP protocols have now made it possible for people in different parts of the world offices to work together on projects that are executed on global scale.

High speed Internet has made all undreamt of possibilities a reality and improved our lives.

By: Val McQueen

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