Internet Access Technologies

Question 1

(DSL) DSL stands for a ______ _________ ____.

Answer 1

Digital, Subscriber, Line

Question 2

(DSL) DSL is a popular technology that is used by homes and businesses to access _________ ____ over the internet.

Answer 2

broadband, data

Question 3

(DSL) The advantage of DSL is that it can carry both voice and data at the ____ ____.

Answer 3

same, time

Question 4

(DSL) It has a DSL modem that uses common telephone lines to carry its ____.

Answer 4

data

Question 5

(DSL) It’s a high-speed connection that is much faster than your regular ____-__ ______.

Answer 5

dial, up, modems

Question 6

(ADSL) There are a few different forms of DSL, and one is called ADSL, which stands for ___________ ______ __________ ____.

Answer 6

Asymmetric, Digital, Subscriber, Line

Question 7

(ADSL) This is called asymmetric because the download speed is considerably ______ than the upload speed.

Answer 7

faster

Question 8

(ADSL) This type of DSL is typically used in _____ and is the ________ form of DSL.

Answer 8

homes, cheapest

Question 9

SDSL stands for _________ _______ _________ ____, and as the name implies, the download and upload speeds are the ____.

Answer 9

Symmetric, Digital, Subscriber, Line, same

Question 10

(SDSL) This type is typically used in __________.

Answer 10

businesses

Question 11

(SDSL) This type is typically used in businesses.

Question 12

(VDSL) VDSL stands for Very High Bit DSL, and this is a very fast form of DSL.

Question 13

It has download speeds of over 50 megabits per second over copper wire, but because it uses copper wire, it’s only made for short distances.

Question 14

For long distances, it can also use fiber optic cable.

Question 15

(VDSL) It has download speeds of over 50 megabits per second over copper wire, but because it uses copper wire, it’s only made for short distances.

Question 16

(VDSL) For long distances, it can also use fiber optic cable.

Question 17

(Cable Broadband) It uses a cable modem with an attached _______ cable, which provides a link to the _______ _______ ________.

Answer 17

coaxial, internet, service, provider

Question 18

(Cable Broadband) Like DSL, cable is very ____ with speeds of __ megabytes or more.

Answer 18

fast, 50

Question 19

(Cable Broadband) Cable is typically provided by the ____ ________ that provides cable television to their customers.

Answer 19

same, provider

Question 20

POTS/PSTN stands for _____ ___ _________ _______ and ______ ________ _________ _______, and these are just your plain old telephone lines.

Answer 20

Plain, Old, Telephone, Service, Public, Switched, Telephone, Network

Question 21

(POTS/PSTN) These are slowly becoming obsolete by people who use the internet because of their ____ ______.

Answer 21

slow, speeds

Question 22

(POTS/PSTN) telephone lines do have an advantage, and that is that they are basically __________ and they are fairly _____ to use.

Answer 22

everywhere, cheap

Question 23

(Satellite) Satellite communication is pretty _________ and it’s mainly used where no other services are ________ like phones, cable, or DSL.

Answer 23

expensive, provided

Question 24

(Satellite) because of the increasing availability of these other options (phones, cable, or DSL), satellite is ______ ____.

Answer 24

rarely, used

Question 25

(Satellite) The speed of satellite has increased throughout the years, with speeds maxing out around __ megabytes per second with only a fraction of that in upload speeds.

Answer 25

15 mbps

Question 26

(mobile hotspot) mobile hotspots are portable devices that use ________ ________ to connect wireless devices to the internet.

Answer 26

cellular, networks

Question 27

(mobile hotspot) if there are wireless devices within __ feet of the mobile hotspot, they can join it, and then they will have access to the ________.

Answer 27

30, internet

Question 28

(mobile hotspot) Mobile hotspots come in two forms: they will either be a ____________ ______ or they can come as a feature built into a __________.

Answer 28

freestanding device, smartphone

Question 29

(mobile hotspot) Mobile hotspots are available through cell phone _______ such as Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint.

Answer 29

carriers

Question 30

(WiMAX) much like your home wireless network where it covers your home, WiMAX covers much ______ _____.

Answer 30

larger, areas

Question 31

(WiMAX) WiMAX is basically a super wireless network that can cover entire ______ or _________.

Answer 31

cities, countries

Question 32

(WiMAX) WiMAX works with _____ ______ that are scattered in different geographical locations, and these towers directly connect to an _______ _________ _______, typically with a T3 line.

Answer 32

WiMAX, Towers, Internet, Service, Provider

Question 33

(WiMAX) Each tower covers a certain ____, just like a cell phone tower does, and to pick up the transmission of these towers, you need a _______ in your home or computer to receive the signal. And once that is done, you can now access the ________.

Answer 33

area, receiver, internet

Question 34

(WiMAX) WiMAX does have the potential of replacing DSL and cable service because it can provide internet access to places where cable and DSL _____ _____.

Answer 34

can't, reach

Question 35

(Metro Ethernet) Metro Ethernet is simply a Metropolitan Area Network or MAN that is based on ________ _________.

Answer 35

Ethernet, Standards

Question 36

(Metro Ethernet) basically used to connect businesses and residential users to a ______ _______ such as the internet using Ethernet.

Answer 36

larger network

Question 37

(Metro Ethernet) Metro Ethernet is fairly ______ and ______ to use because it doesn't require any specialized cabling or equipment like other expensive technologies require.

Answer 37

simple, cheaper

Question 38

(Metro Ethernet) It only uses equipment and cabling related to ________, which is by far the most common internet technology today.

Answer 38

Ethernet

Question 39

(Metro Ethernet) even though end users are not sure what technology their internet service provider is providing in the middle, what matters is that on both ends, it's using ________ ___________.

Answer 39

Ethernet connectivity

Question 40

(VDSL) VDSL stands for ____ ____ ___ DSL, and this is a very fast form of DSL.

Answer 40

Very, High, Bit

Question 41

(VDSL) has download speeds of over __ megabits per second over copper wire, but because it uses copper wire, it's only made for _____ distances.

Answer 41

50 mbps, short

Question 42

(VDSL) For long distances, it can also use _____ _____ _____.

Answer 42

Fiber, Optic, Cable