buying a domain, what for, and if I did buy, will I still need a ISP?
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You put up a web page.  The domain name is your address.  It tells the computers where to find you.  Yes, you are still going to need an Internet service provider.  Also, either you can create your web page or you can have someone do it for you.  Plus, you are going to need a place to put your web page.  Again, either you can have it hosted by a place or your ISP might have web space available as part of the package you purchase from them.  Good luck!
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you can buy a "website in a box" now from most gadgety websites. has all the layouts set out for you and gives you a domain name etc
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ISP = Internet Service Provider
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A decent deal that has a reasonable price and with a company that provides dial up internet connections that you know are a reputable company for providing a dialup connection in your area. Although with the way things are going it may be worth while looking into getting a dsl connection ( depending on where you are and the prices ) of course. Just a thought.\n\nDSL will be a lot faster and you never get cut off and it doesnt interfere with any phone calls.
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come to georgia and buy Bellsouth 6 megabyte dsl for like 50 bucks :D lol thats what i do....also, i think you have spyware if it takes you quite a while to load the page...
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Depends on what you consider a "low price".  In order to be an ISP you needs to provide Internet access via some method to clients.  Usually this starts out as a modem bank but it could be DSL, cable, partial T1, Frame relay.  What ever you wish.  Those line would then have to run to the house where servers are hosted. You will also need a firewall and a couple of routers.  These to segment out the servers.  Let alone the fact that you will need to purchase a range of public IP addresses.  These will then need to be assigned to your firewall and clients.\n\nFirst and foremost, if you are in the USA, you will need to ensure that your property is zoned properly for housing all of this equipment, the proper fire suppression and running a business.\n\nBeing an ISP is not an easy nor inexpensive task!
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Get your domain hosted and check for tutorials at site.\n\n do some checking first because some hosts won't allow for sending mail  "some cheap ones"  Some ISPs pose a problem too .by blocking port 25
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buy a new domain ending in edu
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No, you don't have to buy both at the same place. You can shop around for your domain, and you can get really good deals at sites like godaddy.com, etc. Even Yahoo offers dirt cheap options for registering domain names. Each of these companies, however, will try to sell other services (hosting, email, etc.) to you that cost a lot more. Compare the price of the hosting services separately and sign up with the best/cheapest. During the signup process with your hosting service, it will ask you if you want to register a new domain or transfer an existing one. Then, you can choose to transfer the existing domain which you got earlier. The process of transferring an existing domain is always free, I think.
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You have to find a "Who Is" list on godaddy, etc. and try to purchase it from the current owner. Unfortunately, there are so many domain pirates out there.
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The first thing is to get a domain.\n\nYou can buy your domain right here on Yahoo!
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you need to purchuse a "Domain" from a Domain name provider, you can find them on google or yahoo, there are meny to choose from at meny prices
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Actually, you don't have to get your own domain, there are several sites that will do all the web hosting for you.  You sign up with them, they take care of the hosting, the billing, and the promotion, then they pay you up to 60% of the take.\n\nOtherwise, you would have to get a web host, create a website, get an online billing company, and pay for the site bandwidth.  You would also have to promote the site yourself, as well as do all the maintance on the web page.  For someone just starting out in the business, you may find it a little overwhelming.
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What factors need to be checked?  And buying your own server is pretty simple however hosting your own DNS could be more worrisome if you don't know what you're doing.\n\nIt all depends what you plan on putting on your website and how much data is going to be transmitted as most hosting companies (shared) will charge you extra if you run over your bandwidth limit.
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Just get a good,reliable and inexpensive isp that doesn't require you to install their software to connect. Connection software along with accelerators will slow you down.
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Hmmm. Not the best idea, espeicially if you plan to put anything important on it.\n\nServers served thru ISP's are slow.  Hosting via Verizon DSL will be slow, especially if you have the 786 Kbps package.\n\nHosting providers generally have atleast T3 lines... you likely don't have more than 3.0Mbps download and 1.5Mbps upload (the midlevel Verizon DSL package)  When someone is calling to your server, it will be like an upload, so it will be at that slower rate.  So, although your DSL might kick @ss in terms of speed for your own use, can you imagine how slow your web pages will serve up if you are downloading MP3's off the net while 2 people are trying to download your AVI files on your website which is on your server sharing your bandwidth with your downloads?\n\nIf you are hosting anything vital, I would definitely recommend using a colocated server with 24/7 support.  If you are just hosting to entertain yourself - you know, a website with your blog and pics of your pets, then having your own server is ok.  however, if you have mission critical stuff that needs to have no downtime, don't host on your own. You'll need to be able to deal with your server 24/7 (can't do a remote reboot if your server is down and you can't even ping it).\n\nI highly recommend co-location, because you don't want the stress of having to deal with your server when it goes down at 2:00 a.m. the day before a test/presentation at work, or whatever you do in your real life.\n\nGood luck.
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Get a free domain and free hosting\n(not just a subdomain) from Microsoft.\nhttp://officelive.microsoft.com/\n\nThe least expensive place to buy a domain is\n1&1. ($6/year - includes 5 page website and e-mail!)\nhttp://www.1and1.com/?k_id=8292866.\nAdvanced hosting from $3/month.\nThey provide the sitebuilder,etc.\nWith the larger hosting packages, they'll give you \nAdobe's GoLive (WYSIWYG and HTML editor), \nwhich is second only to Dreamweaver.