Internet & Online Services in Ames, IA

The Internet denotes a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. Online service in Ames is a business that provides its subscribers with a wide variety of data transmitted over telecommunications lines. Online services give an infrastructure in which subscribers can communicate with one another, either by exchanging e-mail messages or by participating in online conferences.