Lernital University Is Connected to Internet2, and Several Professors in Its

question 129

Multiple Choice

Lernital University is connected to Internet2, and several professors in its school of engineering are engaged in a research project that makes extremely heavy use of the bandwidth this connection provides. In fact, the engineering professors would like to get even more bandwidth. Given the way its designers set up Internet2, the researchers at Lernital:

• A) are out of luck. One drawback of Internet2 is that, unlike the regular Internet, the technology of Internet2 can allocate only a fixed amount of bandwidth to each user.
• B) may be able to obtain more bandwidth, but only if the university is willing to pay for it.
• C) must petition the Internet2 Usage Committee and obtain approval.
• D) can install a simple bandwidth amplification card in each computer that compresses data, thus allowing it to flow more rapidly.

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