The Internet has already changed the way we conduct business - Outline the conectivity options.
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1. Outline of connectivity options Uxbridge College could receive worldwide exposure on the Internet. The Internet has already changed the way we conduct business. A Wide area network (WAN) connection of the new site to the other two sites requires the selection of a WAN connection. We can break our options down into two main types of connections: 1. Dial-up access 2. Leased line Dial-up access is a way of connecting a device to a network via a modem using a public telephone network. Dial-up access is simply a phone connection, except that the parties at the two ends are computer devices rather than people. Because dial-up access uses normal telephone lines, the quality of the connection is not always good and data exchange rates are limited. In the past, the maximum data rate with dial-up access was 56 Kbps (56,000 bits per second), but new technologies such as ISDN are providing faster rates. Option...

