MIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Wireless Internet Service Provider, Geographical Distance, Breakcore

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Management Info Systems Main
• Course: MIS 111
• Professor: Mark Patton, William Neumann

Document Summary

Strategic use of data networking: how does data networking create strategic advantage for businesses, more efficient and effective business operations, geographical distance irrelevant (globalization, more timely and efficient access to information, enables a flexible and mobile workforce. Internet bridges the communications gap transparently: user pc. Speaker/headset: video, midi, microphone, encryption, origins of online content. End-user device: multi-media, video, audio, encryption, productivity. Local equipment (user"s commuter equipment: home, modem/routers, wireless, office, ethernet (lan) /wireless, user services, dns/email/security. Local loop carrier: pots/dsl/leased lines, cable, satellite/plc/wimax, electric power lines, wireless. Isps: point of presence (pops, user services, dns/email/services. Large capacity exchange points: content distribution, online content, hosting platform, web, audio, video, content providers, origins of online content. Financial markets: embedded chips, any place online. How the internet was created: arpanet (1969 - 1982, railways vs. long haul fiber map. Intertubes: a study of the u. s. long-haul fiber-optic infrastructure, atlantic fiber optic cables, centurylink global network.