Sorry, ‘they’ haven’t moved on much. ‘We’ have. We, the Internet Authors. We can get our books uploaded to an on-line publisher like Lulu in a matter of hours, design the cover and have it available within days. Our customers – whether friends, relatives, admirers or unknowns – will be able to tap in their credit card details and have the book arrive in the post by the end of the week. If you’re planning a Christmas story – now, early December – there’s still time! Amazing, isn’t it?

But will anyone buy it? That question, the one that haunts Traditional Publishers at all their tedious meetings, coffee clashes and focus groups, is irrelevant to the Internet Author. People don’t like it? They won’t buy it. That’s not a problem. There’s no inventory cluttering the shelves and filling the warehouses. Every book that comes from Lulu is printed ‘on demand’. No demand? No printing. It’s as simple as that. You don’t have to worry your pretty little heads about what you think people might like, or what your sampling and opinion polls are telling you could be the ‘next big thing’. Ignore that. Write the book you were born to write, put it out there and see what happens. If people don’t buy it, then you can accept their verdict. Maybe they didn’t like it. (Of course, there could be a simpler explanation – maybe they just never heard of it. If so, try a bit more publicity and promotion before you give up completely.)

So what do publishers ‘need’? They tell you that they want to publish books that people will want to read – and so want to buy. The problem is that those people, the readers, often don’t know what they want until it’s offered to them. I mean, who knew that stories about a teenage wizard boy would be entertaining? And those rings? Chasing all across New Zealand after elves and morlocks? Who needs it? The truth is that the art of publishing is to try and guess the future, but the science of it is to try and not lose money. That means gambling with your budget, going for sure-fire wins when you think you have them, and taking a risk when there’s enough in the bank to cover any subsequent loss. It’s not exact and it’s not guaranteed, which means that most of what Traditional Publishers actually say to would-be authors is nonsense. They try and pretend that they know what they’re doing, but if it has any validity it will be based on what happened previously, and that’s not bound !
to happen again, no matter how convinced they seem.

For Internet Authors, there’s a simpler way. Get your book out there, loaded up onto a website and visible, then tell as many people about it as you’re capable of and see what happens. Who knows, you might have a best seller on your hands, and then, don’t be surprised if the world of Traditional Publishing beats a path to your door – to share in the glory and the potential profits. Oh, happy day. But that’s not the end of it. After all, what do authors need? They need to get their books seen and read, and commented on, so that they can grow and develop, and polish their craft. That can’t happen in the obvious publishing world any more. The only arena in which it’s happening is in the brave new world of Internet Publishing. If you’re a new writer, that’s where you need to be.

A small scale broadband internet service provider targeting a single subdivision or neighborhood is the Neighborhood Internet Service Providers (NISP). Often using rooftop antennas, they are built to provide internet to residents in the community.

It is advantageous as it can easily cost less than the traditional DSL and cable lines with a right number of subscribers. To monitor the quality of service and maintain network integrity, a local network engineer is needed.

Second level ISP is a type of anonymous internet access providers which gives a secure and anonymous internet access using two main technologies: Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and SSH tunnel or port forwarding.

Since most ISPS now log all incoming and outgoing data including upload and downloads, email and files transferred and even passwords, some deemed it as violating the right to privacy. Some of the personal privacy reasons are: to access anonymously financial institutions and online casinos, to bypass any kind of internet censorship and to anonymize internet activities. Meanwhile, business reasons are: to have an all-in-one secure remote access to the company’s computers, protect employees while on travel and protect the company from government intrusions or competitors.

With anything that is good comes the bad side and prepaid internet is no exception. Here is a list of the disadvantages of prepaid internet:

1. It is slow and not up to par with broadband or dsl connection. Its standard dial-up speed is only 56kbps making it painfully slow to view images or stream music or videos.

2. When you run out of prepaid internet, you need to buy another card or recharge your account or else you will not be able to continue with whatever you are doing. This is hard especially if there is only little time left in a file you are downloading.

3. Forgetting or losing your access number is another big problem. Once it is gone, you will not be able to use the card anymore.

4. It is not economical if you are a heavy internet user. A montly plan is more advisable than using prepaid cards.

Now that you know what prepaid internet is, here is a list of its advantages:

1.) Prepaid internet is most suited for a light internet user – one who occasionally just logs in to check the email or the weather.

2.) It is also helpful for travelers as all you need is a phone line to access the internet. Wherever you may be, you can easily access the internet.

3.) It is also good for people with credit problems as you get to monitor and budget how much you will spend on minutes to surf the internet.

4.) Last but not the least, it is a good way for parents to monitor and control the internet usage of their child.