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To use these smart Internet applications, both to offer information (through a server) and to access information (from a client or with a browser), one has to be ‘connected’ to local, national or international data communication networks. Typically, ISPs arrange the hook-up of institutional servers and Local Area Networks (LANs) that need to be connected continuously to the Internet, mostly via leased lines. They also provide dial-up connections for individuals, usually via the public telephone network using a modem. A major concern with respect to the connections within and to the Internet is the ‘connection speed’ or, as it is often called, the ‘bandwidth’. In particular, efficient use of the Web requires lots of bandwidth. This is because Web users are ‘online’, they are directly connected to the Internet.

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