The development of the Internet and its future

Read Article: Birth of the Net and answer these questions

1. When did the internet begin?
2. Who created the first internet?
3. Why did they create the first internet?
4. What was the name of the first internet?

Read Article: Future of the Net and answer these questions

5. How many websites are there now?

6. What do you call the data-carrying capacity of lines that connect the internet?

7. Why are DSL lines, cable, satellite and wireless better to use than phone lines when connecting to the internet?

8. What are 3 things that increased speed of the internet has allowed people to do?

9. How fast does Internet2 transmit data?

10. What 2 new services will Internet2 allow us to do?

11. What other machines besides computers will be connected to the internet in the future?

TAI (Think About It) - Write 2 paragraphs for each of the following questions (Minimum of 5 sentences per paragraph)

12. How does the Internet effect your life?

13. How do  you think the Internet will effect your life in 15 years?