Now days when you search for a resonable ISP, on a search engine such as the Yahoo or Goggle, you’ll find that there are so many of them out there that you don’t know which one to choose from.
Some of them offer 0800 number (free) access, some are standard rate ISPs, while others are notoriously bogus.
My query is that how do people become ISPs in the first place? Is there a need for a special premission, such as a lincence or otherwise? Does one need permission from a satellite or a one’s national telephony service provider, such as BT? And most improtantly how does this whole ISP business go round and round? It follws that, is there really a generious scope of making a profit?, considering the fact that there are 1000’s of ISPs.
I’m doing research for my computing degree, so where can I get further information on ISP’s and other related Service Providers. I’ve tried BT, any other suggestions or comments which I should be aware of?