Internet access types.

Internet access types.

  • Dial-up: access to a computer network or service by a telephone line. 
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  • Broadband: Is the standard way to connect to the internet and is a high speed network that allows a user to connect to the internet. (e.g. ADSL Broadband and Cable broadband) Broadband is mostly used in homes and businesses.   
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  • Fixed Broadband: Fixed Broadband is a high speed data transmission using devices such as T1, cable, DSL and FiOS. Fixed broadband can be used in businesses and homes. Fixed broadband is used completely though a cable. 
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  • Fixed wireless: Fixed Wireless is usually contained within an organisation and it's mostly used for connecting to building or towers together with a radio or any other wireless link. (e.g. Laser bridge) Fixed wireless can also be part of a wireless LAN infrastructure. 
  • Satellite: Satellite Internet allows the user to transmit and receive data from a satellite in space to a small dish on the user's house. 
  • Wireless Hotspots: Wireless Hotspots are popular areas (e.g. McDonald e.x.) that can connect to any device with an WiFi adaptor. 
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  • Mobile Phones: 3G/4G/5G allow a user to be connected to the internet by lots of towers placed in lots of locations to strengthen a signal that connects to the user's mobile phone.  
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  • Internet: Is a global network that provides users with data/information though a interconnecting networks though standardised protocols. 
  • WWW (world wide web): Is an information space where web resources/documents are identified as a URL (Uniform Resource Locators). interlinked by hypertext, which can all be accessed via the internet. 
  • Intranet: Mostly used by companies/organisations to privately communicate information between buildings/ locations, which is similar to the internet. 
  • Extranet: A website that provides restricted accesses to information/data to certain users from outside of an organisation/business. 
  • Open source: Any user can use/edit/improve the software and it's free to all users. 
  • Cross Platform: works on all Operating systems/devices.  








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