Providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest, and also containing interactive polling pages about entertainment and a wide variety of topics; providing email and instant messaging services; text and numeric wireless digital messaging services; providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network for accessing third party and proprietary websites; communication services, namely, transmission of voice, audio, visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks; streaming audio and video material on the Internet; video on demand transmission services; providing voice communication services over the Internet; providing on-line facilities for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning topics of general interest and playing games; podcasting services; webcasting services