connectivity

connectivity

1. deep sea cables

   • the most connections are in america- europe and america-china
     • this is because because there are many businesses in these areas which need a way to communicate with each other
   • different colours show the direction of flow
   • the cables are placed close to shore

2. bandwith

   • the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time
   • characterized as network bandwidth, data bandwidth, or digital bandwidth
   • measured in bits per second
     • bps

3. connection speed

   • speed that data is transferred between your device and the internet
   • download speed or receiving speed
     • the rate that information travels from the internet to your device
       • viewing a web page
       • downloading a program
       • receiving an email
   • upload speed or send speed
     • the rate that information travels from your device to the internet
       • sending an email

4. broadband

   • broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types

5. coaxial cable

   • advantages
     • sufficient frequency range to support multiple channels
   • disadvantages
     • it is bulky
     • it is expensive
     • one cable is used for signal transmission across the entire network
       • if the cable breaks, the entire network would fail

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