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Effects Of Latency On The Road Trip

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Terabits (Tbps), fastest recorded per second data transfer rate to date, 43 Tbps, by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2014.

Latency or delay is a true measure of Internet speed. Latency is the amount of time/delay to send information from one point to the next. Latency is usually measured in milliseconds (ms). On, those Internet speed tests mentioned earlier this is referred to as the ping rate. Bandwidth does tie into latency and overall speed. To explain this a little easier we will use the analogy of four families going on a family road trip. These four families all want to get from point A to point B the fastest way possible on their road trip so they take the freeway. If those four families take a four-lane freeway their trip should have a lower amount of latency since they each have their own lane, compare that to if, the four families were driving on a one-lane freeway. Of course there are other things that will affect the trip as latency is affected by a couple things, including: Connection Type, Distances, and Congestion.

There are five types of connections used to connect to the Internet. The first type of Internet access connection is the dial-up connection. Using a dial-up connection, a computer will essentially dial a phone number using the telephone line, with the use of a modem, when using this connection the phone was unable to be used while, using the Internet. Dial-up Internet is very slow compared to modern broadband connections. The second

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