Wide Area Networks

Question 1

Dedicated Leased Line

Answer 1

Logical connections that connects two sites through a service provider’s facility or a telephone company’s central office

Question 2

Circuit-Switched Connection

Answer 2

Connection is brought up only when needed, similar to making a phone call

Question 3

Packet-Switched Connection

Answer 3

Works like an always-on dedicated lease line, but multiple customers share the bandwidth\

Question 4

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Answer 4

An agreement used to guarantee a certain level of quality or speed you would require for your business’s use case

Question 5

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)

Answer 5

Used by the UMTS standard and could reach data speeds of up to 2Mbps

Question 6

High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)

Answer 6

• Reaches speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps and is sometime referred to as 3.5G

Question 7

High Speed Packet Access Evolution (HSPA+)

Answer 7

Reaches speeds of up to 50 Mbps and is sometimes referred to as 3.75G

Question 8

Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet (PPPoE)

Answer 8

A network protocol for encapsulating point-to-point protocol frames inside ethernet frames

Question 9

Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)

Answer 9

Runs on public switch telephone network (PTSN) which consists of all telephone carriers from around the world

Question 10

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

Answer 10

An older technology designed to carry voice, video, or data over B (bearer) channels