Chapter 1

Question 1

Divestiture of 1984

Answer 1

AT&T broken up into one long distance company and 7 regional bell operating companies

Question 2

US Telecom Act of 1996

Answer 2

Main goal: open local markets to competition

Cable companies can buy phone companies and vice-versa

-replaces all current laws, FCC regulations, 1984 consent decree, and overrules state laws

Question 3

Intranet

Answer 3

• A LAN that uses the Internet technologies within an organization
• open only to those inside the organization
• ex/ insurance related information provided to employees over an intranet

Question 4

Extranet

Answer 4

• A LAN that uses the internet technologies across an organization including some external constituents
• open to only those invited users outside the organization
• Ex/ suppliers and customers accessing inventory information in a company over an extranet

Question 5

Information lag

Answer 5

The time it takes for information to get from point A to point B

Question 6

Convergence

Answer 6

To come together

Question 7

Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

Answer 7

Contains information that is needed to transmit the message through the network.

-Packet

Question 8

Protocol

Answer 8

A set of rules that define what the layer will do and that provides a clearly defined set of messages that software at the layer needs to understand