   neutral   Today people are hearing about information superhighways and the intermet.     neutral   Is this change going to be beneficial for theindividuals like you and me.  
    neutral   Yes, I think so. My friend once used it mostly to play chess, but now he has learnt how to do other things on the Internet.     neutral   There's no doubt the Internet will be a powerful commercial medium. It'll connect hundreds of millions of customers and open up huge markets for all kinds of products and services.  
    neutral   That's true. I can imagine companies sending advertisements directly to customers over the net. Customers, in turn, can examine and compare whatever goods they want to buy and tell their computers to find them at the best price offered.     neutral   
 This is just an beginning. 
 This seems great, especially with e-commerce coming along. For example we can use credit cards online