connectivity

connectivity

1. deep sea cables

   • most connections are between america and europe and america and china
     • because of similar interests and business oppurtunites
   • constructed near to shore in shallow areas

2. bandwith

   • is also the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time
   • either network, data, or digital bandwidth

3. connection speed

   • speed that data is transferred between your device and the internet
   • two types of connection speed
     • the download speed or receiving speed is the rate at which information travels from the internet to a device
       • looking at a web page
       • downloading programs
       • receiving emails
     • upload speed or send speed means the rate that information travels from your device to the internet
       • sending an email

4. broadband

   • high-speed internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access, includes several high-speed transmission technologies such as: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

5. media used for connection

   • coxial cable
     • pros:
       • sufficient frequency range to support multiple channels
     • cons:
       • is girthy
       • It is expensive to install for longer distances due to its thickness and stiffness.
       • a single cable is used for signal transmission across the entire network, in the case of failure in one cable the entire network will fall

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