Internet and the phone network 3.1 10-09-07

1. Name two types of telephone networks.

*Standard uses physical connections (wires, cables or fiber optics).
Cellular uses air waves (analog or digital).

2. Why are telephone and Internet networks able to function across countries?

*The Internet, like the telephone network, is actually a collection of smaller networks that can communicate because of universal standards, guidelines, and procedures

3. Name four different types of Internet connections.

*Dial-up modem
*DSL(Digital Subscriber Line)
*Satellite
*Wireless

4. What are the three types of information transmitted on the telephone network?

*Sound (voice)
Images (fax documents)
Data (modem)