AT&T WorldNet Service launches personal web page publishing.BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1997--AT&T WorldNet(SM) Service today announced it is providing its more than 900,000 subscribers with resources for creating, editing and publishing personal Web pages on the Internet. These resources include powerful, yet easy-to-use tools for all skill levels and online technical support. Customers will have a choice of a two- or five-megabyte page, with a free two-megabyte page available to all subscribers during an initial promotional period ending this summer. Following this promotional period, pages of two megabytes will be available for $1.95 a month and pages of five megabytes will be available for $4.95 a month. There also are pricing incentives for AT&T Long Distance customers and for customers on the AT&T WorldNet Service pricing plan for unlimited access at $19.95 a month. "Personal Web pages are the refrigerator doors of cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. ," said Tom Evslin, vice president responsible for AT&T WorldNet Service, AT&T's value-added Internet access See how to access the Internet. service. "Today, it's easy to take a photograph with a digital camera or scan a traditional photograph and place it on a personal Web page, along with notes, comments and even audio recordings. This is one way extended families and others who are physically separated can share important parts of their lives. It's no surprise that the number of new personal web sites created monthly on the Internet is now estimated at more than 100,000." Web page creators on AT&T WorldNet Service now have access to Web page publishing tools that offer ease of use for beginners while enabling intermediate and skilled Web publishers to use more advanced capabilities. For example, beginners can easily publish a Web page using a series of templates or copying samples, while the more experienced can use any authoring tool, or HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. directly. Customers also can call on an extensive collection of technical support and resources that begins with online tutorials and step-by-step instructions for each of the publishing tools. Internet for Everyone AT&T WorldNet Service has made some of its personal Web page resources available to all Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f -- even those who do not currently use AT&T WorldNet Service -- through its public Web site, http://www.att.net, or directly at http://home.att.net. Personal Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. features at the site include a search tool for seeking out subscribers' personal Web pages, as well as links to 10 popular personal Web pages, selected on the basis of number of visits, creativity and content. A listing of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and an online overview of Web page publishing are also available. The site includes a link for downloading AT&T WorldNet Service software, and, for those who subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the service, an easy-to-use registration process for personal Web page publishing. To come up with the right tools and other features required by personal Web page users, AT&T WorldNet Service conducted extensive studies. For example, in one study it found that the average Web page was slightly more than one-third of a megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. , indicating that two- and five-megabyte pages would be sufficient for the large majority of users. Carol Bartl, whose personal Web page appears on the current AT&T WorldNet Service listing of popular Web pages, created her own page to share information about her widely varied interests including sheepdogs, golf, and the Girls Scouts of the U.S.A. She also uses the page to offer tips for using word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and software, and to showcase the lake community in Wisconsin where she lives. She also included a photograph of her grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , because "grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl are obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to brag," and an explanation of the tools she used to create her page. "I've been a computer addict since the early 1980's and new adventures in computing are always enticing," Mrs. Bartl explained. "The personal Web page publishing capability allows me to express my personality, my opinions, my technical abilities and my creativity all in one package. How could I resist that opportunity?" Among the respondents who participated in the testing of the AT&T WorldNet Service personal Web page publishing capability, some of the most frequently mentioned reasons for having a personal Web page, besides family communication, are supporting the activities of community groups, sharing hobbies and interests, and organizing events. AT&T WorldNet Service customers who also are AT&T Long Distance customers and are either participating in or upgrade from an hourly plan to the $19.95 a month unlimited access pricing plan as of September 30, will receive a free, two-megabyte personal Web page for the remainder of 1997. As previously announced, in order to maintain reliable, unlimited access at a fixed monthly price, AT&T WorldNet Service charges separately for features like personal Web pages, which are requested and used by a segment of its subscribers. Since its debut in March 1996, AT&T WorldNet Service has become the largest Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in the U.S. focused on Internet access, serving approximately 900,000 subscribers. It has been recognized as an industry benchmark for reliable Internet access, and, as a service to those seeking a reliable Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider , publishes measurements of its performance on its Web site. AT&T WorldNet Service is a leader in bringing the Internet to everyone, and has pioneered ease-of-use, choice and value throughout the industry. It offers unlimited access for $19.95(a) a month hourly pricing plans, free software for multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , and no start-up cost. AT&T WorldNet Service has designed a unique service that enables customers to get to and use material from leading content providers in a way best suited to each individual's needs. Also featured are newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. , search engines, navigational tools and e- mail. By visiting www.att.net, the many resources of AT&T WorldNet Service can be sampled and many features of the PWP PWP Parents Without Partners PWP People With Parkinson's (disease) PWP Plot, What Plot? PWP Password Protected PWP Professional Women Photographers PWP Porn Without Plot (fanfiction and erotica) capability, including an online overview of Web page publishing and a tool for searching for members' pages, can be accessed. Smart Money magazine, in its May 1997 issue, selected AT&T WorldNet as the top ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. in a ranking of 10 Internet leaders, citing its outstanding reliability and technical support. AT&T WorldNet Service software for Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and Macintosh is available by download free of charge from the public AT&T WorldNet Web site (http://www.att.net) and from the AT&T Corporate Web site (http://www.att.com/worldnet) or by calling 1-800-WORLDNET. -0- AT&T WorldNet is a service mark of AT&T. (a) Telephone access and other charges and taxes may apply. CONTACT: Mike Miller 908-658-2815 (work) 1-800-865-9460 PIN 4141 (pager) michaeld3@worldnet.att.net (email) or Rick Sacks 908-658-5320 rasacks@worldnet.att.net (email) |
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