... only when no other packets are traveling on the network that is when the network is "quiet". Otherwise, it waits to transmit, just as a person might wait for another to finish speaking during conversation. LANs accommodate local users-people within a building or on a campus. WANs connect users and LANs spread between various sites, whether in the same city, across the country ... rate if linked to a local Centrex system. There are two other types of digital line faster than ISDN.DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a service that offers a faster Internet connection than a standard dialup con...

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