2.15. Identifying the Basic Characteristics of Various Internet Technologies

The Internet has become a tool that most business cannot afford to be without. In addition, most U.S. households now have some form of Internet access. The question is no longer whether we will connect to the Internet, but rather how we will connect to it. Many technologies have been developed to give users more bandwidth on their Internet connections and thereby make the Internet an even more useful tool.

2.15.1. Critical Information

There are many technologies from which an individual or an organization can choose to provide access to the Internet. Some technologies are inherently much faster than others, but they all have advantages as well as disadvantages. In ...

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