Connectivity

Connectivity

1. B A N D W I D T H

   • depends on the size of the pipe
     • a good analogy is the amount of water that can be carried down a single pipe at one time
   • amount of data that can be carried at one time
   • transmitted in fixed amount of time
     • mbps
       • measured in bits per second
     • there are the most connections in china and america

2. U N D E R S E A I N T E R N E T C A B L E S

   • made of fibre optics
     • very hard to plant in the ocean
   • can be attacked by wildife
   • includes lots of repeaters
   • glass cables
   • can be damaged
   • usually near the coast
   • in the ocean
   • plastic tube covered in gel

3. connection speed

   • the spped in which the data is transferred
   • broadband
     • high speed connection to the internet
   • bandwidth
     • the amount of data that can be transferred in a certain amount of time

4. C A L C U L A T I N G D O W N L O A D S P E E D

   • There are 8 bits in a byte
   • Ethernet cable
     • the ethernet networking standard uses twisted pair copper cabling or fibre optics