This worldwide information highway is comprised of thousands of interconnected computer networks, and reaches millions of people in many different countries. The Internet was originally developed for the United States military, and then became used for government, academic and commercial research and communications. The Internet is made up of large backbone networks, and smaller networks that link to them.

The Internet functions as a gateway for electronic mail between various networks and online services. The World Wide Web facility on the Internet makes possible almost instantaneous exchange of information by linking documents around the world.

The Internet Service Provider is the company that gives you access to the Internet. Sort of like how the phone company gives you a dial tone to use the phone, the ISP gives you an "Internet dial tone" to use Netscape and other Web software.

Shuksan Internet Services is connected directly to the Internet through fast redundant T-1 lines!. Web, mail, and news services are handled by our powerful multiprocessor UNIX and NT servers.

In stark contrast to those oversized on-line services such as America OnlineŽ and CompuserveŽ, Shuksan Internet Services gives you full, direct access to the World Wide Web. No extraneous paid services, no proprietary software — just freedom and flexibility.

Internet access is usually billed by time; i.e. how many minutes in a month you used the Internet. Shuksan Internet Services offers what's called "unrestricted access," or all the time you want to spend on the Internet, starting about $20 a month. Rates vary depending on connection methods, number of users and total E-mail Accounts.