Chapter 8; Pages 350-368

Question 1

List 3 upsides of Fiber-Optic internet

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Answer 1

Speeds,
Security,
Bandwidth

Question 2

Name 2 positives and negatives of Satellite internet.

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Answer 2

Positives: availability anywhere, also the type of connection is point-to-multipoint where one satellite dish can provide to multiple receivers.

Question 3

What is the difference between GSM and CDMA technology?

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Answer 3

GSM technology uses sim cards where as CDMA technology don’t.

Question 4

What is Tethering?

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Answer 4

Its when you hook your laptop to your cellphone and used the cellphone network.

Question 5

T or F Bluetooth is designed to be a setup and used as a backbone for wireless networks?
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Answer 5

False

With the limited bandwidth, and temporary nature technology of bluetooths there is no way networks could be supported.

Question 6

What is a piconet?

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Answer 6

When 2 bluetooth devices get close enough to create a network its called piconet.