Outcome B - Connection Types

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Copper cabling
Copper cabling has been used since 1876 to connect telephone networks
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Fibre optic
Fibre optic cabling is made from glass that becomes flexible when it is thin
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi makes use of a part of the radio spectrum called microwaves
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Bandwidth
The bandwidth in a connection is how much data it is able to transfer
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Security and reliability
Fibre optic cables are very reliable and can take signals up to 2km
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Cost
- Laying fibre optics to the home or business premises can cost thousands of pounds to install
- Ethernet cables are cheap to lay at less
than 30p per meter
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Bottlenecks
The speed of a network connection can only be as fast as the slowest connection’s bandwidth
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what are 2 implications for a business with slow and unreliable internet connection?
1. slower to get work done
2. Inability to use video conferencing
3. Unable to use cloud services
4. Hard to share files
5. Lower productivity
6. Frustrating
7. Can not use VOIP services
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Fibre optic

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Fibre optic cabling is made from glass that becomes flexible when it is thin

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Wi-Fi

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Card 4

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Bandwidth

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Card 5

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Security and reliability

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