History of the Internet

revolution, also Internet communities were developed like AOL and Prodigy, and ever since the Internet has been growing at an exponential rate. There were early and still are problems with the Internet for the business world to deal with. The security of information in business transactions over the phone lines slows consumer's willingness to buy products on the Internet. Therefore new encryption technologies needed to be developed as well as improved upon for consumer protection. …

…an affordable rate to the general public and larger bandwidth must be developed such as fiber optics or cable wire. The higher bandwidth will also force new hardware and software to be designed to handle the extra information being sent. The developers of this new equipment must also keep in mind the Internet is a social technology and is important that the systems they design can be easily integrated into the general publics' daily lives.