Most people here today who would be familiar with the Internet or Internet-access businesses are probably familiar with dial-up access, where from home you can use a PC and dial through a modem using the telephone network to get access to the Internet, either from the telephone companies themselves or from independent Internet service providers, of which there are some 400 or 500 in Canada, from the very smallest in rural communities to some very large national players, including the telephone companies and cable companies themselves.

A number of Internet companies, including Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo have partnered with a non-profit called SAVE, to launch Responding to a Cry for Help: Best Practices for Online Technologies, which is a guide for other established Internet companies and start-ups that share the best practices of leading tech companies for decreasing suicide risk among users.

the conclusions of the Lisbon and Feira European Councils of 2000 setting out the objectives relating to Information Society and the eEurope Action Plan; the Council resolution of 3 October 2000 on the organisation and management of the Internet and the subsequent Guidelines for Discussions of 23 October 2002 on International management of the Internet and reform of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), as followed-up by the Guidelines for discussions in the WSIS framework, adopted on 13 October 2004; the Council Conclusions of 8 March 2004 on the Follow-up of the Geneva Summit of the WSIS; the Council Concl ...[+++]usions of 26/27 April 2004 on the World Summit of Information Society.

The EU/India Civil society Internet Forum, hosted on the EESC website, is a most useful instrument that builds a bridge and brings together European and Indian civil societies.

(20) The definition of "recipient of a service" covers all types of usage of information society services, both by persons who provide information on open networks such as the Internet and by persons who seek information on the Internet for private or professional reasons.

On September 15 BCE Inc., the Thompson Corporation and the Woodbridge Company announced the creation of a multimedia company that would combine CTV, the Globe and Mail, Globe Interactive, an Internet content provider, and Sympatico, an Internet portal.