The Internet is the best way to communicate with others. According to John Deighton, in 1996 there were 35 million online users. Which is nothing compared to now. As of June 30, 2012, a group called Miniwatts Marketing Group had 2,405,518,378 people on the Internet, 1,076,518,378 users were from Asia alone! (Internet Usage Statistics). The Internet is essentially a communication system created by a network of computers (History of the Internet) and was invented in 1957 (Clare Suddath). It wasn't very popular until Mark Andreessen created the modern web browser that allowed file sharing (History of the Internet) and at the time it was only used by some universities and the military American (Something Ventured). It gained popularity in the 90s when websites like Yahoo emerged. The Internet has changed America and the world for the better, as it has made it easier to communicate in education, business, with friends and family, and abroad. Students can benefit from the Internet in class. In classrooms, the Internet has become so important that the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has dedicated $2 billion to increase Internet speeds because 70% of Internet connections in schools are too slow (Ovetta Wiggins and David Nakamura). Some schools nationwide are using iPads to enhance learning (Ovetta Wiggins and David Nakamura). Schools abroad also use the Internet to facilitate learning. Chinese students on a field trip to the United States post their thoughts and videos from their trip on a shared blog (Miaryn Dryad). American schools are also using the Internet in more interactive ways. South Connecticut State College Allows Students to Intern at Facebook; this allows students...... middle of sheet ......Communication Pedagogy: Connecting with the Facebook Generation" Business Communication Quarterly December 76.5. 2011. Business Source Premier. Web. February 2, 2014. Ovetta Wiggins and David Nakamna. “Obama Announces Public, Private Investments for High-Speed ​​Internet in Schools,” The Washington Post, February 4, 2014. Web, February 6, 2014. SG Kosaretskii and DV Changshoun. Russian company. 55.10. October 10. 2013. Premier Academic Source. February 6, 2014Xosé Soengas. “The role of the Internet and social networks in the Arab uprisings: an alternative to official press censorship.” Scientific journal of media education. December 18, 2012. Academic Search Premier. February 2, 2014. Something Ventured, directed by Dayna Goldfire and Daniel Geller.. 2014.