fiber optics

Self-study Edited by: Ty Newman, Many people try to fit their education into available time slots or their job does not permit them to attend classes on a regular schedule. One of the greatest strengths of distance education is the ability of the student to study at different times as well as in different places. This type of communication is called asynchronous. For these people, asynchronous distance education may offer the only practical opportunity to …

…technologies for two-way transmission of data over their cable. Cable modems are being tested now that can provide access to the Internet at up to 30 megabits per second. (Cable modems share the available transmission rate with the number of users who are on that loop and may vary considerably depending on usage.) At this transmission rate, it should be possible to provide reasonably good quality two-way video that could be used for training and instruction.