ITN 100 ASSIGNMENT 2| LAST NAME _Johnson__ FIRST NAME _George____
04/02/0214
Chapter 3 & 4 Mini-Cases

Q1 Eureka! New Office

Eureka staff answers the phone and respond to requests entered on the Eureka! Website. Much of their work is spent on the phone and on computers searching on the Internet. They have just leased a new office building and are about to wire it.
What media would you suggest they install in their office and why?

ANSWER 1

I would suggest that Eureka installs (LAN) because it has information sharing and resource sharing. Company users would have access to the same data files, one computer sharing a hardware device for printing and internet connection or getting a software package with other computers on the network to save costs. Also all Eureka staff members would no longer have to upgrade all computers with package software.

Q2 Speedy Package

1.) Assuming that each label is 1000 bytes long, how long does it take to transmit one label over the cell network, assuming that the cell phone network operates at 14 kbps (14,000 bits per second and that there are 8 bits in a byte)?

(1000 bytes * 8 bits per byte) / 14000 bits per second = 0.571 seconds

2.) If Speedy were to upgrade to the new, faster digital phone network that transmits data at 114 Kbps (114,000 bits per second) how long would it take to transmit?

ANSWER 2

Since a byte is 8 bits and you have 1000 bytes per label, you must transmit

(1000 bytes per label) * ( 8 bits/byte) = 8000 bits

You transmit at 14 kbps, you the time to transmit one label is

8000 bits / 14000 bps = 0.571229 second (a little more than half a second). This is about 571 milliseconds.

At 114 kbps this becomes

8000 bits / 114000 bps = 0.070175 second (0less than a tenth a second). This is about 70 milliseconds.

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