A Fountain of Bargains - Internet
As the Internet grows, there will be more and more companies offering internet services. This is a list of online libraries, ISPs, web hosts and other organizations offering internet services.
I must admit, Netflix is my favorite movie destination on the net. Netflix lets you rent DVDs online. This is a subscription service. You pay about $20 a month to have three movies out. To rent the movies, you make an ordered list of the movies you would like to see. Netflix mails you the first three. You watch the movies, drop the envelope back in the mail. When Netflix receives the returned movie, they will send you the next movie in the queue. The subscription fee includes the price of the movie and the postage. You will never get a late fee, and Netflix has a larger selection than the local store.
Questia is the world's largest online library. They have thousands upon thousands of online texts in almost every conceivable category. The library is a great place to find obscur texts from ancient rome and resource material for reports. To use the library, you will need to purchase a subscription.
You can now listen to music online legitimately. The Rhapsody service by Listen.com is a music subscription service with access to hundreds of thousands of today's and yesterday's top tunes. The service has you pay a fixed subscription fee per year and you can download and listen to music to your heart's content.
Finally someone is combining downloadable music and paying the artists at the same time.
One of the unfortunate consequences of life in the internet age is that people must be more attentive than ever to protecting the identity. ID Watchdog is an organization that provides both identity protection and services to help in the resolution of identity theft.
GoDaddy is a leading domain registrar and offers a wide selection of affordable web hosting services that run from economical shared hosting in the $3+ a month range to affordable dedicated services.
AVG Technologies provides antivirus, antispyware and firewall technologies in a low profile system that does not bog down your system. The site offers home editions and network editions for business.
Keep your computer safe with the WebRoot line of anti-Spyware software. WebRoot keeps current with the lastest spyware and computer threats from its state of the art labs in Boulder, Colorado.
Clipart.com is a subscription service for clip art. Subscription owners can browse through a collection with millions of drawings, photos and computer generated graphics. Subscriptions range from $7.95 for one week to $149 a year. It is a great service for web design firms.
iPower is powering the Internet with affordable web hosting. They offered shared plans in the $4 per month range along with Virtual Private Servers, domain registration and other services.
