1 XYZ company has two offices located in Newark and New York

1) XYZ company has two offices located in Newark and New York city and wants to transfer data at the speed of 100 Mbps.

a) List as many solutions as possible for interconnecting the two office locations?

b) Is each solution technically feasible?

c) Financially feasible?

d) Politically feasible?

e) Defend your position?

Solution

Twisted pair and coax: too great a distance for 100 Mbps
Fiber-optic: might work; expensive; do you have right-of-way?
Microwave: might work; expensive; do you have a clear line-of-sight?
Satellite: might work, but really expensive

Bluetooth or infrared: too great a distance

Twisted pair is inexpensive and easy to work with. Coaxial cable is good for wide bandwidth signals such as video applications. Fiber optic carries high amounts of traffic and has much lower error rates.