internet connectivity

Where do the main internet cables from the sea enter into Mexico?

• Acapulco / Puerto Vallarta / Queretaro

• Mazatlan / Tijuana / Cancun

• Oaxaca, Mexico City, Monterrey

• Veracruz, Cabo San Lucas

Bandwidth is

• The speed of your internet

• The amount of data that can be carried at a time

• How many people can use the internet at a time

• How many programs you can use

How many internet users are there in the world today (approximately)

• more than 4.5 billion

• less than 1 billion

• about 2 billion

• more than 40 billion

The first copper cable, 2,500 miles long, was laid across the Atlantic in

• 1923

• 1546

• 1994

• 1858

Why is your download speed so much faster than your upload speed?

• Because telmex is better than megacable

• Because people use the internet to download content much more than uploading content

• Because downloading is illegal

• Because it is a government law that downloading has to be greater bandwidth than uploading

Fibre optic cable sends data in which form?

• Sound

• Electricity

• Light

• Radio Waves

Wifi sends data in which form?

• Sound

• Electricity

• Light

• Radio Waves

Which of these methods of internet delivery has the fastest transmisson speeds?

• coaxial

• cat 5

• fibre optic

• wifi

Which of these is NOT a problem with wifi connection?

• loss of connectivity due to thick walls

• slower than a wired connection

• greater security risk

• allows you to work with cables

How many ‘bits’ are in a ‘byte

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 16