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220-1101 · Question #487

An internet service provider is delivering service through a copper medium with shared customer bandwidth. Which of the following services has most likely been installed?

The correct answer is B. Cable. Cable internet is delivered over coaxial copper cable, and its architecture is shared - customers in the same neighborhood node share the available bandwidth on that segment, meaning speeds can decrease during peak hours. Fiber (A) uses fiber-optic glass or plastic strands, not c

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Question

An internet service provider is delivering service through a copper medium with shared customer bandwidth. Which of the following services has most likely been installed?

Options

  • AFiber
  • BCable
  • CNIC
  • DDSL

How the community answered

(59 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    90% (53)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

Cable internet is delivered over coaxial copper cable, and its architecture is shared - customers in the same neighborhood node share the available bandwidth on that segment, meaning speeds can decrease during peak hours. Fiber (A) uses fiber-optic glass or plastic strands, not copper. NIC (C) is a Network Interface Card - a hardware component inside a device, not an ISP service. DSL (D) also uses copper (telephone lines), but DSL is a dedicated point-to-point connection between the customer and the central office - bandwidth is NOT shared with neighbors. The key differentiator here is the shared bandwidth model, which is characteristic of cable.

Topics

#ISP services#Broadband technologies#Cable internet#Network media

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