Unit 1
Ryan 9/21/2014
NT1310: Week 1 Data on Fixed Line vs. Cellular Debate
Physical Networking There are several benefits to both a fixed line and a cellular network.
Depending on what you need your network to do or don’t do is important in exploring both options. Even while we’ve become accustomed to using our cell phones, tablets, and other wireless devices every day for business purposes, many businesses still use and are sometimes required to have fixed line networks. We’ll go ahead and weigh the pros and cons of cellular networks versus fixed line networks.
As said before, we as a people have reached a point in wireless technology and its available, that we couldn’t see ourselves living without them. Before our wireless capabilities became widely used, fixed line were considered the top of the line technology for communication. To receive or transmit data over the fixed line, a modem is needed on each end of the line. Information is then transferred from digital information, turning it into tones that have been specifically selected for the transmission over the telephone network. The modem on the other end then turns those tones back into digital information. Data rates were limited until digital subscriber lines or DSL was introduced. DSL used the existing analog phone line so there was no need for new equipment other than the modem that convert digital data into high- frequency tones along with a filter at the users end to keep DSL transmission from being heard on the telephone.
The pros to having a fixed line network is that it is a lot cheaper. Most providers even offer free broadband service when you are paying for other services. You also have a
higher download allowance which makes it a lot easier to download large files such as movies and videos. Also allowing you to stream things from the internet and send things to family and friends much faster. Basically having a fixed line allows you
NT1310: Week 1 Data on Fixed Line vs. Cellular Debate
Physical Networking There are several benefits to both a fixed line and a cellular network.
Depending on what you need your network to do or don’t do is important in exploring both options. Even while we’ve become accustomed to using our cell phones, tablets, and other wireless devices every day for business purposes, many businesses still use and are sometimes required to have fixed line networks. We’ll go ahead and weigh the pros and cons of cellular networks versus fixed line networks.
As said before, we as a people have reached a point in wireless technology and its available, that we couldn’t see ourselves living without them. Before our wireless capabilities became widely used, fixed line were considered the top of the line technology for communication. To receive or transmit data over the fixed line, a modem is needed on each end of the line. Information is then transferred from digital information, turning it into tones that have been specifically selected for the transmission over the telephone network. The modem on the other end then turns those tones back into digital information. Data rates were limited until digital subscriber lines or DSL was introduced. DSL used the existing analog phone line so there was no need for new equipment other than the modem that convert digital data into high- frequency tones along with a filter at the users end to keep DSL transmission from being heard on the telephone.
The pros to having a fixed line network is that it is a lot cheaper. Most providers even offer free broadband service when you are paying for other services. You also have a
higher download allowance which makes it a lot easier to download large files such as movies and videos. Also allowing you to stream things from the internet and send things to family and friends much faster. Basically having a fixed line allows you