Cable Modems vs. Digital Subscriber Lines Bob Fager Econ 235ഊThe Internet has grabbed on to the world and it isn ’t letting go. Nearly 36 million U.S. homes currently have PCs and everyone is dying to jump on the information superhighway. The Internet‚ which started as a group of government agencies and universities‚ has grown to include almost anyone‚ from home users to large companies and everyone in between. It makes sense then that providing Internet service is big business. The
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c cabHigh Voltage Cables Next Nexans Norway AS Cable installation in Lofoten in 1961 For more than eighty years‚ Nexans Norway AS – formerly Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik AS (STK) – has been the principal supplier of power cables in Norway. These eight decades have seen enormous development of the country´s hydropower resources. Today‚ Norway´s consumption of electricity per capita is higher than that of any other country in the world. Most of the hydro-electric power stations are
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provide long-distance connections. Figure 5 illustrates a satellite link across an ocean. Twisted Pair Cable The most popular network cabling is Twisted pair. It is light weight‚ easy to install‚ inexpensive and support many different types of network. It also supports the speed of 100 mps. Fiber Optics Fiber optic cable uses electrical signals to transmit data. It uses light. In fiber optic cable light only moves in one direction for two way communication to take place a second connection must
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|CONTROL MEASURES | |1. |CABLE LAYING AND PULLING. |BODY INJURIES |Personnel shall wear Personal Protective Equipment such as Hardhat‚ Eye Protection‚ Hand Gloves and Safety Shoes during CABLE LAYING‚| | | | |PULLING and or TERMINATION.
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Router functions focus on “Layer Three”. User workstations and servers are often identified with “Layer Seven”. HUB Hub is a hardware device that contains multiple‚ independent ports that match the cable type of the network. Most common hubs interconnect Category 3 or 5 twisted-pair cable with RJ-45 ends‚ although Coax BNC and Fiber Optic BNC hubs also exist. Ethernet Hubs An Ethernet hub is also called a multiport repeater. A repeater is a device that amplifies a signal as it passes through
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TECHNICAL STUDENTTOPIC MINIMISING VOLTAGE DIFFERENCES Short guide to working out cable sizes In the first of two articles‚ Bill Allan looks at the correct method in cross-sectional work‚ a job that requires a head for calculations and a steady hand Ask any electrician about the required cross-sectional areas of cables for standard circuits and the answer you receive will probably be along the lines of: “1mm2 or 1.5 mm2 for lighting circuits and 2.5 mm2 for socket-outlet circuits.” Indeed these
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CHAPTER 4 TRANSMISSION MEDIA 4.1 Guided Transmission Media Twisted Pair Coaxial Cable Optical Fiber 4.2 Wireless Transmission Antennas Terrestrial Microwave Satellite Microwave Broadcast Radio Infrared 4.3 Wireless Propagation Ground Wave Propagation Sky Wave Propagation Line-of-Sight Propagation 4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission Free Space Loss Atmospheric Absorption Multipath Refraction 4.5 4.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites Key Terms‚ Review Questions‚ and Problems Key Terms Review Questions
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Information Delivery/Transport and E-Commerce Application Transport provides are principally telecommunications‚ cable and wireless industries; computer network including commercial networks such as CompuServe or America Online and public networks such as the Internet. The transport system does not function as a monolithic system‚ in the sense that there is no single Interstate 80 that connects the digital equivalent of New York’s George Washington Bridge to San Francisco’s Bay Bridge.
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connect to the Internet. This has many disadvantages like very poor speed etc. To solve the problem‚ Internet data can be transferred through Cable networks wired to the user’s computer. Different types of connections used are Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) connection‚ Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) connection and Internet via Cable networks. Various advantages are high availability‚ high bandwidth to low cost‚ high speed data access‚ always on connectivity etc. Communication
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operation over a distance of about 100m. Compare and contrast twisted pair cable‚ coaxial cable‚ fiber-optics‚ and wireless for this application. You should create a table or flow chart which would facilitate choosing between these options depending on circumstances. The table or flow chart should be submitted as part of your document. You may not submit a separate file Unshielded twisted pair Fiber optic Coaxial cable Medium Length Baseband: 10/100/1000mbps (CAT 3/5/5e/6) EMI Wavelength
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