... up modems are relatively slow by today's standards, they are seen as a poor mans broadband. Home users primarily use them now since companies use cable systems for the extra bandwidth. The home user would typically us their connection for e-mail, web searching or maybe for shopping and home banking, ... none of which require a lot of bandwidth. 1b) Cable Modem Broadband is the common term for a high bandwidth Internet connection. A Broadband service can be capable of transmitting data at up to 40 times ... ect, so large bandwidth is required to cope with all the demands of the everyday...

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... but without the string. People can understand how it works with the string, but without the string they are confused. Basically, wireless networks use radio signals to accomplish what copper cable or fibber optic accomplishes in a wired network. The picture below is of a basic wireless LAN. It includes desktop PCs and Laptops as well as a wired network as the original Internet ... within a personal operating space (POS). A POS is the space surrounding a person, up to a distance of 10 meters. Currently, the two key WPAN technologies are Bluetooth and infrared light. Bluetooth is a cable ...

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