Your Turn

Pick three popular Websites and two sites that offer e-learning content. If your company has a high-speed T-1 line, use it for each of the five sites. Jot down how long each activity takes. If you or a friend has a cable modem connection, try those same activities from a computer using a cable modem. Likewise, try these same activities from a digital subscriber line (DSL) hookup. Finally, try them from a standard 56-K dial-up connection. Log the respective times on worksheet 8-1.

Worksheet 8-1. Performance comparisons.
SiteT-1 TimeCable TimeDSL Time56-K Time
     
     
     
     
     

Based on your findings, answer the questions posed in worksheet 8-2.

Worksheet 8-2. Connectivity and your e-learning projects.
What do these time comparisons ...

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