Your Questions About Internet Business Solutions

Jere answers:

Quote: I don’t need home phone.

Old information on DSL relating to service found online:
Serch term used “Where can I find Internet access….”
DSL, while growing in popularity, has some downsides
By Sandra Hume, BuyerZone.com Tips and News Editor
December 13, 2000

Ah, broadband. What a nice idea. Always-on, dedicated Internet access at some of the highest speeds available outside of a line leased directly from the phone company. And your costs are fixed; whether you use the Internet for only a few hours a day or you want to be constantly dialed in, you pay the same price every month.
But as convenient as it is, going broadband via digital subscriber line (DSL) – the fast-growing, top broadband choice for small businesses – isn’t as easy as calling a provider and flicking a switch. In fact, many would-be customers have had to take routes other than DSL for their Internet access because the roadblocks faced were ultimately insurmountable.
The proliferation of DSL availability is an aftershock of two events: the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which ended the phone companies’ monopoly of their networks and an FCC ruling late 1999 that specifically required phone companies to share their wires with DSL providers.
Using these existing telephone lines, DSL service providers let customers surf the Internet at speeds up to 50 times faster than a standard dial-up connection with a 56 Kbps modem. Including equipment and installation, the service can run you anywhere between $200 and $800 per month.
But if you’re thinking about getting DSL, before investing any time or money into such an endeavor, keep in mind the troubles the service has faced.
Limited availability. As of now, the United States leads the charge in worldwide DSL access, and it’s available in all 50 states. Providers, however, are not available for all areas, particularly non-metro regions.
A matter of distance. Even if providers exist in your area, you may not live close enough to a central office – a little less than three miles – to get service.
Incompatibility and wait times. There may be a provider in your area, and you may be close enough to the central office, but unless the technology of the central office, the DSL provider, and your own office are compatible, installing and using a line may be impossible.
Because of such complexities, most customers can currently expect to wait at least a couple of months to have a DSL line installed. Wait times have been reported to be as long as two years, even in areas where the service is available. And in some instances where service was promised, unexpected holes in the DSL-readiness of central offices have led to much scrambling – and many disappointed customers.
If it works for you, DSL can be one of the most cost-effective solutions for Internet access today. Satisfied users swear by it. But unless you do your homework, your journey into the land of DSL could lead you through a maze you’ll wish you hadn’t found.
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Reply:
Thanks for your post and I hope that I can help. You want to rent a farm house which adds to your problem by way of distance from built up areas, you don’t want home telephone service and you have no cable access in your area.

My question is; If you don’t have a land line or current POTS telephone service to your home and no cable service then how could you connect to the Internet otherwise?

Other than a wireless Wi-Fi hotspot by way of cell phone (think limited cell tower reception and costs of the service) do you know any other way to get Internet service to your home paid for or not? As of 2004 I was a telecommunications worker and I know that data lines from the telephone company are limited in some areas for telephone use alone because of many customers whom are installing two or more phone lines for home, business or family members personal use. The phone company will split the line to make more lines availible which cuts the bandwith even lower on the one twisted pair line. If you do know another medium other than copper lines (twisted or coaxial) or over-the-air (OTA) satellite or cell phone service then sell that method and make millions or billions for that service.

I searched the Internet using ask.com and a program called Copernic and both results showed the same thing. Free service by NetZero is free, slow, banners, lag, limited time of use is what you get. Other than the methods of getting Internet to your home mentioned as well as the best method of service which is satellite in your case, for basic Internet service you do need a dial up modem with a telephone land line so that statement that you don’t need it is mistaken. Sorry but that is the best answer that I can give.

Jere answers:

They could replace their PCs with Macs and avoid the 117,000 Windows viruses.
I’ve had two companies I have done business with on the internet get viruses/malware. As a result my credit card info was used for other sites and airline tickets.

Jere answers:

We own a small comercial printing company. If you want to act as a broker, you can hook up with one of these companies: 4over, Carlson Craft Business Solutions, Business Cards Tommorrow. All have web sites that are easy to find with a search. You will need to invest in a decent computer and desktop publishing software such as Corel Draw, Quark Express, or In Design to do the typesetting. You most definately will need to broaden your scope of product coverage from just business cards to also include envelopes, letterheads, forms, brochures, flyers etc. It would be helpful if you are a creative person, but if not, it won’t take long to get a good working knowledge of the of basic layout and design. All of the wholesalers I mentioned above have sales kits with printed samples and ordering over the internet. They also have comprehensive pricing tools so you will not have to “fumble” around trying to price your customer. You can go to my web addy at impressiveinkprinting.com to get an idea of product offerings and street pricing.
As far as producing them yourself, you must have a really, really, really good color laser copier that has a RIP (Raster Image Processor) which is also has an interface so that it will act as a printer for your computer. People get by with less, but their quality is the pits. You will need a business card slitter. I print cards 12 up, some people print them 10 up. Your slitter choice needs to accomodate one or the other. There is quite a bit more to learn….but this will get ya started!
Good luck!! Hope this helps ya!

Jere answers:

There are plenty of jobs that you can get for example a job as an IT business analyst (I found the below job description while I was looing for a job). Good luck in your search and with school and do not let ignorant people like the one before me discourage you or bring you down

Title: IT Business Analyst
Location: IL – Chicago
Division: Corporate
Department: Information Technology

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Description
Responsibilities:

Document and analyze business process
Work with business and support departments to identify solution for meeting objectives
Develop detailed user requirement and functional specification documents
Author and execute test plans to ensure successful implementation
Work with various business units, project management and application development staff
Requirements:

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Business or related field
5+ years of related work experience
Extensive experience and understanding in the financial services industry; strong analytical skills and understanding of derivatives preferred
Strong process management and analytical skills
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (samples of written communications from prior engagements may be requested)
Experience in quality assurance testing
Familiarity with development languages, tools, databases and platforms (MS Access, SQL/Stored Procedures, Sybase, Internet technologies)

Jere answers:

Network Marketers have struggled to realize the near-infinite networking, lead-generating potential of the Web.

How can that be?

Network Marketing (sometimes called “Multi-Level Marketing” or “MLM”) is all about…

– recruiting/lead generation/relationship-building
– sales conversion
– ongoing consumption
– replicating yourself through downline motivation and training.

How in the world could the Internet not be the best thing since sliced bread for Network Marketers? Because it’s being done, all wrong, by all the wrong people.

Solution here…. Http://networkmarketing.sitesell.com/wotsnext.html