Answer to Question #177402 in Databases | SQL | Oracle | MS Access for Shahrin trisha

Question

Compare the telephone network and the Internet. What are the similarities? What are the

differences?

Answer 1

The similarity between the telephone network and the internet is listed below-

• It is a public network
• In this end to end data transmission is happening

The differences between the telephone networks and the internet networks are listed below-

Telephone network -

• Telephone network is the connection oriented circuit switch network.
• It calls the signalling of some sort must be used to establish a circuit before any information exchange can take place.

Internet network-

• It is a connection-less packet switched network.

In the internet network, the connection does not have to be established before the information is requested. It is an example of a connection less application, which is a network time protocol.