Assignment: Services in Your Area
Research DSL and cable modem services available closest to your community. You may use neighboring communities or regions if your community does not have access to DSL or cable modem services. Researched material must be focused on the technical aspects of DSL and cable modem services. Marketed documents, white papers, or other advertisements may not be used for the completion of this assignment.
Write a four to five page paper in which you:
1. Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.
• Create a diagram of the DSL and Cable Modem connections to your ISP, cable organization, and telecom to your home router using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
1. Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
2. Compare and evaluate the cost of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
3. Compare and evaluate the reliability of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
4. Recommend DSL or cable modem based on the previous comparison and evaluation of services available closest to your region. Explain your recommendation.
5. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow MLA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.