National Service Providers (NSPs),private Companies That Own and Maintain the Worldwide

question 87

True/False

National service providers (NSPs),private companies that own and maintain the worldwide backbone that supports the Internet.These include Sprint,Verizon,MCI (previously UUNet/WorldCom),AT&T,NTT,Level3,Century Link,and Cable & Wireless Worldwide.

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Definitions:

Substitution Effect

The economic principle that as prices rise or incomes decrease, consumers will replace more expensive items with less costly alternatives.

Budget Constraints

The limitations on the consumption bundles that a consumer can afford based on their income and the prices of goods and services.

Law of Demand

The principle that, all other factors being equal, as the price of a product decreases, the quantity demanded of the product will increase, and vice versa.

Budget Constraint

An economic model that represents all the combinations of goods and services a consumer can afford given their income and prices of goods.