unit 6Broadband Internet Access(通信管理与运营专业英语教程课件).ppt

Important Vocabulary dial-up access 拨号上网 bitrate 速率 disrupt 扰乱 asymmetric 不对称的 penetration 接入率 覆盖率 backbone 脊椎， 主干网 file sharing system 文件分享系统 reconfigure 重新设置 telco 电信公司 video demand service 视频点播系统 video conferencing 视频会议 high end 高端的 newsgroup 新闻组 gigabyte 十亿字节 terabyte 1000千兆 facility 设备 static IP 静态IP random IP 随机IP hacker 黑客 decent anti-virus software 正版杀毒软件 level of traffic 流量 Broadband Internet Access Broadband Internet Access, shorten to just “broadband”, is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Read and answer: What is the difference between broadband and dial-up modem? 1. Speed dial-up modem: a maximum bitrate of 56K/S broad band: at least double the speed 2. Impact on telephone use dial-up modem: require the full use of a telephone line broadband: without disrupting telephone use. Minimum speeds of broadband: ranging up from 64 kbit/s up to 1.0 Mbit/s, Definitions of broadband in speed the OECD :equal to or faster than 256 kbit/s the US FCC: 200 kbit/s. What can we do with broadband internet? What’s the impact of increased bandwidth? 1. Impact on end users. Expect video on demand service Broadband provides with an always on service Open up many possibilities in terms of how to use services on the Internet Online dictionary and language translators Use web space just like another storage area and have a reasonably high speed remote backup facility. 2. Impact on newsgroups Read an answer How to prevent hackers entering your computer? Patch up “holes” in the security Use software to control access to the “outside world”. To invest in some decent anti-virus software and to keep this up to date. * * Unit 6 Broadband Internet Access