Internet access and blogging in Boquete Panama

1. Internet 101
Access
Blogging

2. Access to the Internet
Why?
Information
Work
Communication
How...

3. ISP = Internet Service Provider
They do the Last Mile / kilometer
It’s all about Plumbing
Pipe sizes, pipe leaks, pipe traffic and
demand
they depend on an Upstream provider
Do a trace route some time

4. Last Mile
Best Fiber to your house
In Boquete it’s all about who can provide
access
Cable - Cableonda
DSL - Cable and Wireless
Wireless - Internet Activo + Mobilenet

5. Who is Best
Which ever works best for you

6. Blogging
What is Blogging?
Why do you care?
Who can blog?
How can you Blog?

7. What is Blogging
It started as a way to do an online diary
As various media types developed it has
become much more.
No it is a rich form of multimedia
communication
Example Boqueteguide.com

8. Why do you care?
Maybe you don’t!!
If you do it is because you have
an opinion
wish to communicate
want to entertain or be entertained
Want a fun interactive addition to
your life

9. Who can blog?
If you can do the following you are
qualified
Find the on off switch of a computer
Turn it on
double click a mouse
Write!

10. How can you Blog?
Finally the meat and Potatoes
Free blogging
WORDPRESS.COM
Blogger.com
Livejournal.com
and according to google 19 million
more listings

11. Wordpress.com
I like wordpress, I use it.
Wordpress.com is free blogging for the
world.
Great for individual blogging

13. For a Business Also
Blogging is a GREAT business tool
Generate traffic and revenue faster than
normal webpages
Easy to Update and maintain without a
programmer
Very Sexy

14. Businesses
The shameless Plug
BoqueteInternet.com
Samples: Boqueteguide.com,
Boquetenow.com, RealBoquete.com,
muddguitars.com, etc etc etc

15. Classes
If people want classes with hands on
training I can do it.