IST Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: Telecommunications and Networking

1. Describe the various ways that you can connect to the Internet.

2. Describe the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting to you as an individual?

4. Should the Internet be regulated? If so, by whom?

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Julian Lao 

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Describe the various ways that you can connect to the Internet

You can connect your devices to the internet in a various amount of ways. The most popular form of connection of internet would be wireless and cable. Wireless connection also known as Wifi is used to connect devices to the internet through routers that provide internet from any connection network or company. Cable provides an internet connection through a cable modem and operates over cable and tv lines to provide an internet source. Other forms of internet conection also includes satelite, cellular, and dsl as well.

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Ihab El Zein 

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The World wide web and the internet may sound similar, they are in fact two very different concepts. The World wide web (WWW) uses the internet to function. WWW are the pages you see whenever you connect online, using your internet. WWW is an information system in which people and networks post documents and resources. To access WWW, you need to have some sort of internet access, which would allow you to have access to all the material available (billions and billions of pages). Internet access is typically a monthly subscription, via either your home service, or/and telephone data provider. With internet, you may be able to share your internet to multiple devices by using hotspot, this would allow you to have internet on multiple devices, each of which would be capable of using the world wide web. 

In short, the world wide web is the ‘www’ you put before entering a website page. To access ‘www’ you have to have the internet connected on the same device that you are connecting to ‘www’ with. Some examples of internet providers are: AT&T (Phone data service and home service (U-Verse Internet)), Spectrum (Home service & Phone data service), T-Mobile, Verizon, Cox, to name some. 

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