B.2. Write a counterview on the topic 'Internet is a boon"
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Internet can be reckoned as the discovery of man which has revolutionised his style of working and living. It has totally reduced distance, broken all man-made barriers and made our world a small place. It has brought information at our doorstep opening before us what is known as ‘Information Superhighway’ at the click of a button.
The internet didn’t just happen overnight- ather it was the end result of a search that had been in place since the late 1950s. By the time the world started to get online in the mid-1990s, the net had been almost 40 years in the making.
The internet revolutionised the computer and world of communication like never before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The internet has a worldwide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location.
The internet has changed much in the two-decades since it came into existence. It started as the creation of a small band of dedicated researchers, and has grown to be a commercial success with billions of dollars of annual investments. According to a survey, as of June 2012, over a third of world’s human population have used the services of the internet. This made Bill Gate say
“The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow”
It is changing to accommodate yet another generation of underlying network technologies with different characteristics and requirements from broadband residential access to satellites. New modes of access and new forms of service will spawn new applications, which in turn will drive further evolution of the net itself.
The internet boom in India has become one of the major contributors of the economic growth of the country. The use of internet has increased more than 11 times in the last seven years. The internet boom has equally affected the metros, the towns and villages. Internet has revolutionised the access of information, telephony, television, sharing ideas among other things. With the strike of a button, all is done. The internet boom in India has also contributed to the generation of employment. The rise in the use of internet has led to the growth of cyber cities, cyber cafes and internet parlours throughout India. With the rise in its popularity in India, there is a need for professionals who would feed the information into the web. Content writing and management, web page designing, internet advertising have become booming sectors within the IT industry in India.