In the beginning stages there were not much companies offering the internet services since there were not much sites and the users were very few. Most of the internet service providers during those days were providing dial up connections.

With the advancement of technology and the number of persons using the internet increasing every second, various companies are competing with each other to attract more and more people to their sites.

Many companies have now come up with the latest wireless technology. With more and more people using laptops, any body can access the internet from anywhere by using wi-fi technology.

The wi-fi Signals are transmitted to a router, which has an antenna so that many persons can use internet at the same time, with out the use of a cable wire.

Now a day’s most of the Shopping malls, Universities and Hotels are offering this facility for their customers.

In the olden days the students and researchers have to spend a lot of time in the libraries referring books and the availability of books was also less making it difficult for them.

After the digitalisation of libraries the students and researchers can make use of the latest facilities. There are big search engines like GOOGLE, YAHOO and BING, which helps the users to get valuable information they require.

The online dictionary sites like Wikipaedia provides brief information in a consistent way attracting more and more visitors to their sites. The preference for high speed internet connection increased because it saved the valuable time of the users.

Hence, most users were addicted to downloading and chatting most of the internet and gaming cafes are now using high speed internet connections on their internet service provider through Local Area Connection (LAN). There was a time when people were using only the telephones for communication.

Nevertheless, with the advancement of technology now the internet becoming more popular, with the help of wi-fi- connection it is now possible to communicate with people located in far of places as well as isolated locations.

The sites like GOOGLE, YAHOO, REDIFF etc are now providing e-mailing facilities, chat facilities, etc. absolutely free.

Any one can just use the services like video chatting, instant messaging etc. absolutely free. The video chatting facility is made available by the use of a head phone and microphone.

The down loading of the soft wares, games and such can be done from any where by using a wi-fi connection. The internet has also proved useful for entertainments like watching movies, playing online games and files.

Most of the latest music’s can be down loaded attracting more and more people to their sites especially youngsters. It is now possible to have friendship with any body through social networking sites like face book and twitter easier by using a wi-fi connection.