ISP Internet Service Provider

ISP: The full name is Internet Service Provider, that is, Internet Service Provider. It can provide dial-up Internet access, online browsing, downloading files, sending and receiving e-mails and other services. It is the entrance and bridge for network end users to enter the Internet. It includes Internet access services and Internet content provisioning services. This is mainly the Internet access service, that is, connecting your computer or other terminal equipment to the Internet through a telephone line.

Since connecting to the Internet requires renting international channels, the cost is unaffordable for ordinary users. As an intermediary for providing connection services, Internet access providers need to invest a lot of money to build transfer stations, lease international channels and a large number of local telephone lines, purchase a series of computer equipment, and distribute pressure to local users through centralized use. Provide shuttle service. Larger ISPs have their own high-speed leased lines so that they rely less on telecom providers and are able to provide better service to their customers. The largest international and regional Internet service providers are: AT&T WorldNet, IBM WorldNet, MCI, Netcom, UUNet, and PSINet.

The ISP certificate refers to "Internet access services in the second type of value-added telecommunication services". It can be understood that this "access service" refers to "a series of supporting services for accessing the Internet" , This access concept not only refers to connecting a physical access such as a broadband fiber, but also refers to a series of supporting value-added services for connecting a website and other information carriers to the Internet, such as space rental, server hosting, etc. Wait. Therefore, the expression of the Ministry of Information Industry is more complete than just explaining ISP with "technical service provider".

Transferred from Jiangsu Sanai Network ISP