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	CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET Wired Communication that uses wired is unlimited to access. Wired connection is most common type of network connection. By plugging your computer is the nest in the wall you get network access. There are some advantages and disadvantages of a wired connection. Advantages: the fastest and most reliable access to compare with wireless and cable and it is “extremely secure against anyone seeing data that they are not supposed to”. Disadvantages: cost materials and labor for each installation, additional cost if it needs to be moved, must be a way to get a wire from your computer to “the closest networking equipment in the building. Wireless Networks that use radio waves to transmit data, such as Wi-Fi. This type of network allows people to access the internet without having a wired connection. Wireless networks operate over one of three types of transmission: microwave, radio or infrared. Recently concerns have arisen over the effects of such networks on the health of the general populous. Various studies have suggested links between wireless interference and: memory loss, poor concentration, premature senility, nausea and even some varieties of cancer. Wireless operations permits services, such as long range communications, that are impossible or impractical to implement with the use of wires. The most common use is to connect laptop users who travel from location to location. COMMUNICATING email Email is short for electronic mail, the transmission of messages over communications networks.E-mail messages are usually encoded in ASCII text. However, you can also send non-text files, such as graphic images and sound files, as attachments sent in binary streams. E-mail is one of the protocols included with the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite of protocols. A popular protocol for sending e-mail is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and a popular protocol for receiving it is POP3.POP (Post Office Protocol) means that email is downloaded onto your computer and then deleted from the mail server. Both Netscape and Microsoft include an e-mail utility with their Web browsers. Email is an abbreviation for electronic mail. Email allows you attach files such as videos, word documents, etc. and send them to other people. 3/4 of college students use the internet 4 or more hours a week! Newsgroups Newsgroup is a group email where users can write about the specific subjects and every time they send, it spams to whoever is on the newsgroup. They are free and the cover a good variety of topics. There are presently about 100,000 newsgroups but only about 20,ooo of them are in active use. news groups can sometimes be unreliable but they can also be a useful in finding information,friends and also to bring people together.News groups are normally arranged to according to hierarchies to make finding easy.