Advantages And Disadvantages

Advantages of using the Internet for Consumers :

1. News group:
1.1. Feelings of being a member of a group
1.2. Help with problems
1.3. Participation
2. Search and Order
3. Search in the global lexicon (www)
4. E-mail around the world
5. (PC - Support)

Advantages of digital communication for business use:

1. Support (through WWW server to replace employees.)
2. Advertising (including detailed information in the web for advertisement in print media, product information, advertisements on "useful sites"
3. Data exchange in parallel with many partners, FTP advantage over ISDN: manageability, cost of long distance
4. e-mail: less expensive than mass mail / newsletters, digital processing of the data, no misread letters or numbers
5. Future: Automatic processing of orders

Disadvantages of using the Internet for home users

1. Phone bill rises (not in USA)
2. Integrity of your own PC (virus)
3. Costs for providers, modem, upgrade
4. Over stimulation
5. Loss of privacy
5.1. Interception of passwords
5.2. Created a user profile
5.3. Eavesdropping of private letters
5.4. Against measures such as SSL (Secure Socket Layer), PGP

Disadvantages of Internet use for business users

1. At least one employee as a web master and e-mail distribution point
2. Integrity of their own PC's, countermeasures:
2.1. Separation of Internet and PC internal PC's
2.2. Coupling via firewall, but Trojan horses
3. Time
4. Need for specialized staff

Cultural change:

1. Language: English Network
2. scientific publications, only on the WWW
3. thorough knowledge is displaced by uncertain information
4. Teleworking