Exam 12: Phone Networks

The first widely used network to obtain Internet access in homes was _____.

In the cell phone system,conversations are switched to the most suitable tower by the _____.

In circuit switching,communicating devices are connected _____.

The most important contribution of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was that it _____.

In the phone network,interexchange carriers are _____.

Once a connection is established using circuit switching,the communicating devices at the two ends of the circuit _______________ for the duration of the connection.

In the phone network,the local loop is _____.

All of the following are true of the modified final judgment of 1984,except _____.

Typically in DSL _____.

The unit of frequency is _____.

In the early years of the 20^th century,the phone network in the US operated as a _____.

In a cell phone system,the process of transferring a call from one tower to another is called _____.

In the phone network,end users are connected to each other using _____.

In the phone network,the end office is the location from where the phone company _____.

The seven local phone companies created as a result of the modified final judgment of 1984 were called _____.

As a result of frequency reuse,the cell phone system _____.

In the phone network,the local loop is the _____.

The phone network is also called the POTS,which stands for _____.

Cell phone systems divide the coverage area into cells because _____.

The technology developed by phone companies to offer basic high-speed data service over existing phone wires was _____.