...Texting vs. Calling In: Computers and Technology Texting vs. Calling Years ago making a phone call on the cellular phone was huge advancement for communication, now today texting has become the main form of communicating. In 1973 Martin Cooper created the first portable phone 800 MHz prototypes that could be used outside the home and the car, before the only portable phones were in cars. It weighed about 2.5 lb. and the battery life lasted for about 20 minutes. According to Motorola.com, Cooper is considered the inventor of the first handheld cellular phone and the first person to make a phone call in public on a handheld cell phone. In 1977 cell phones went public. Chicago was the first city to trial cell phones with 2000 customers. Over the years as cellphones became smaller, lighter, and a longer battery life- they have also added new features to expand the way we communicate with others. The new cellphones today, a person can do more than just make phone calls- they can also text, IM (instant message), send emails, and Skype. The two most common forms of communicated though are making a phone call and texting. So texting or calling, which one is more helpful and convenient? Texting or SMS (short message service) is when a person types a short message on the cellular device to another person. Sending a text message is convenient because it is a faster way to get in touch with someone. I know a lot of people who do not even their phones, but would respond to a text immediately...
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...Assignment 1. Voice vs. Data Assignment 1. Voice vs. Data • Cell phones- Uses both voice and data with the use of cell tower to send data from the network to the cell phone. • Landline phone -Uses both of these networks, using both of these networks because your voice is being transferred through the wires as packets that are essentially data. • SMS / Text Messaging-Short message services also known as Sms. Text messages are a way to send and receive messages over mobile networks. Sms / text messages can only contain 160 characters. Sms and Text messaging uses data. • Fax Machines-fax is sent it immediately gets digitized and packaged in secure TCP packets and sent to natural data Inc. Fax Machines use an analog data signal. • Pager- A way to notify individuals of incoming calls by a tone, it uses a data signal. • VOIP (voice over IP) phone-uses digital technology to make phone calls on the internet rather than through phone lines. A VoIP phone allows us to bypass the phone companies completely, it uses data networks • Skype / Face time- You must have a data network. In order to get on the internet to use these services. These two services are both internet calling applications. The main purposes of these applications are to allow users to communicate with other people over the internet. Exercise 1. Local Exchange The access network is the part of the network that connects the individual consumer or business to the telecommunications system. It’s a critical...
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...Assignment 1. Voice vs. Data Assignment 1. Voice vs. Data • Cell phones- Uses both voice and data with the use of cell tower to send data from the network to the cell phone. • Landline phone -Uses both of these networks, using both of these networks because your voice is being transferred through the wires as packets that are essentially data. • SMS / Text Messaging-Short message services also known as Sms. Text messages are a way to send and receive messages over mobile networks. Sms / text messages can only contain 160 characters. Sms and Text messaging uses data. • Fax Machines-fax is sent it immediately gets digitized and packaged in secure TCP packets and sent to natural data Inc. Fax Machines use an analog data signal. • Pager- A way to notify individuals of incoming calls by a tone, it uses a data signal. • VOIP (voice over IP) phone-uses digital technology to make phone calls on the internet rather than through phone lines. A VoIP phone allows us to bypass the phone companies completely, it uses data networks • Skype / Face time- You must have a data network. In order to get on the internet to use these services. These two services are both internet calling applications. The main purposes of these applications are to allow users to communicate with other people over the internet. Exercise 1. Local Exchange The access network is the part of the network that connects the individual consumer or business to the telecommunications system. It’s a critical...
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...Assignment 1 - Voice vs. Data • Cell phones uses both voice and data with the use of cell tower to send data from the network to the cell phones. First Generation (1G) phones were known for their voice data. However, when Second Generation (2G) phone were created, they were about to transmit and receive via voice and data networks. Third Generation (3G) and Forth Generation (4G) both transmit and receive via voice and data networks as well. In fact, cell phones are commonly used to transmit via data networks due to people preferring to text/email rather than placing voice calls to one another. • Landline phone use both data and voice networks. Landlines work by transmitting voice and data signals by copper wire through electric pulses. This means landline phones would still work even if there was a blackout or a satellite disturbance, causing interference with mobile phones. • SMS / Text Messaging use data network. SMS also known as Short message services, also called Text messaging. SMS//Text messages are a way to send and receive messages over mobile networks. SMS / text messages can only contain 160 characters. • Fax Machines use an analog data signal. Faxed items immediately gets digitized and packaged in secure TCP packets and sent to natural data Inc. • Pagers use a data signal. It is a way to notify individuals of incoming calls by a tone. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate...
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...Texting vs. Calling Years ago making a phone call on the cellular phone was huge advancement for communication, now today texting has become the main form of communicating. In 1973 Martin Cooper created the first portable phone 800 MHz prototypes that could be used outside the home and the car, before the only portable phones were in cars. It weighed about 2.5 lb. and the battery life lasted for about 20 minutes. According to Motorola.com, Cooper is considered the inventor of the first handheld cellular phone and the first person to make a phone call in public on a handheld cell phone. In 1977 cell phones went public. Chicago was the first city to trial cell phones with 2000 customers. Over the years as cellphones became smaller, lighter, and a longer battery life- they have also added new features to expand the way we communicate with others. The new cellphones today, a person can do more than just make phone calls- they can also text, IM (instant message), send emails, and Skype. The two most common forms of communicated though are making a phone call and texting. So texting or calling, which one is more helpful and convenient? Texting or SMS (short message service) is when a person types a short message on the cellular device to another person. Sending a text message is convenient because it is a faster way to get in touch with someone. I know a lot of people who do not even their phones, but would respond to a text immediately. Texting is more private. When a person...
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...Texting vs. Calling What would we do without cell phones? Has anyone ever tried to leave their phone at home just to see how much it’s really needed in their everyday life? It’s a lot harder than it sounds. Technology has grown so much in the past ten years then would ever be known. From little black and white flip phones to tablets with apps, games, music and pretty much anything that could ever be wanted just in the palm of the hand. Everyday someone new is signing up for cell phone services. Whether it be AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, or US cellular, we are dealt with the decision of what is more important; minutes or data plan. Minutes are the allowed time per month to receive incoming and outgoing calls. Whereas, data plan is the allowed text messages and pictures that can be sent. Now most cell phone plans come with unlimited text and call minutes due to high amounts of each being placed each month. It seems as though text messaging is among the most popular ways of communication. It can be quick and easy, save time and battery life, and it keeps all conversations private from the public. Although texting messaging and phone calls aim to accomplish the same task, they both have their differences. Text messaging has been, world widely, the main mode of communication. It economically benefits people by having lower prices than regular calls. Text messages can also be used as proof, whether or not right information was sent to another person. Privacy...
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...Unit 1 Assignment 1 Voice VS Data Cell phone-cells phone are a data network. There is many small networks you can use for your provider. This network come with many data packages and you can use your phone for many things such as check your email IM, and tweet so cell phones are used for more than phone calls. Landline phones-use both of these networks using both of these network because your voice is being transferred through the wire as packets that are essentially data SMS/ Text Messaging- short message services also known as SMS. Text messages are a way to send and receive messages over the mobile network anywhere you are. SMS and text messaging uses data and cost. Fax machines- Fax machines is sent it immediately get digitized and package in secure TCP packets and send the original data. Fax machines is a analog data signal. Pagers- uses a data signal to notify an individual by a tone of incoming calls VOIP (voice over IP) phones-phone uses a digital technology to make phone calls on the internet rather than through phone lines. The VOIP will allow you to bypass the phone companies and it uses there data networks. Skype/ FaceTime-you have to use a data network in order to get on the internet. These two services are both internet calling applications. The purpose of these applications are to allow users to communicate with other people over the internet local and in other countries. http://www.wired.com/2010/05/data-overtakes-voice-in-cellphone-use/ http://www.e-accessibilitytoolkit...
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...Ahmed Ahmed Unit 1 Assignment 1. Voice vs. Data Cell Phone use both voice and data communication. Cell phones can you use voice by making you call to other and data by using text message. Also by downloading apps to their cell phones. Landline phones are just voice communication. Is just voice because it is just meant to receive and send calls. SMS/ Text Messages are data communications by which it just send and receive text which is just Data. Fax Machines are data while it is just a phone but it calls the other fax machines to send data over such a resume paper. Pagers are just data communications which send numbers or texts letting the person know. VOIP for phones is just voice communications which is just like a and landline phone but it use IP over the network to make calls instead Skype/ Facetime is both voice and data communications because you can send messages to the other person as you see them and speaking to them Exercise 1. Local Exchange The access network is the part of the network that connects the individual consumer or business to the telecommunications system. It’s a critical portion of the network, because it is the part of the network that reaches the end users and “connects them.” Services are brought to the consumer or business through a cabling link between the consumer or business and the local exchange. The local exchange acts as the convergence point for the information sent to the consumers and the point at which services from the global...
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...1. Cell phones use voice and data networks. When you make a phone call that would be voice. When you receive a text message, or surf the internet that requires a data network. 2. Landline phones use voice networks. Different from cell phones because all you can do is make a phone call. There is no receiving of data. 3. Fax machines would use data networks. On one end a person sends information and on the other end the person receives the information (data). Data is sent back and forth. 4. Pagers would be a data network. A person places a call and enters their number which is sent to the pager. The pager then displays the data received for the customer to view. 5. VOIP phones use a data network. The customers’ voice and any other data is sent in packets through an IP network. When using VOIP on a phone, because information is sent via data packets, the user can run into problems such as the session frequently stop and going mid conversation because data packets may have been lost along the way. (Wikipedia, 2011) 6. Skype/facetime both use data networks. They both require an internet connection to work. They both work the same way as explained above regarding VOIP phones. They both send data packets via the internet from user to user. (Poirier, unknown) Works Cited Poirier, A. (unknown). Facetime Vs. Skype. (eHow Contributor) http://www.ehow.com/info_8639709_facetime-vs-skype.html. Wikipedia. (2011). Voice over IP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP...
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...Voice vs. Data In this lesson we talked about seven things to compare the difference between voice and data communication. The first item are cell phones, cell phones are voice and data communications. Cell phones are a mobile device used for voice and data communication over a network of base stations, sites where antennas and electronic communication equipment together create a cell in a mobile phone network. Today mobile phones are used for many other purposes than the standard voice function, which is it primary purposes. Mobile phones are used for text messaging by means of SMS, for sending and receiving videos and photographs by means of MMS and for email and internet services using GPRS. The second was Landline phones, Landline phones are voice communication. Landline telephones serve a variety of functions, even in today’s largely mobile world. Accessibility of landline phones for people with disabilities means that the range of services provided through landline phones to everyone without disabilities is also accessible in some ways that provides equivalent functionality for people with disabilities. There are several accessibility features which are either present in a telephone, or can be added by attachment; these included speakerphone functionality, large keys, flash on incoming calls, ability to connect a Braille reader. Landline phones are also used for very limited data collection, data retrieval and remote control through the digit transmission they...
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...AT&T TEXT MESSAGING CASE QUESTIONS 1. Describe the cost behavior in the wireless industry. What are the key cost drivers? What are the implications of this cost behavior for cost-volume-profit (CVP) relationships? The cost behavior is difficult in the wireless industry because the key components making up the costs for texting and wireless calls are the same. While there has been an increase in the number of text messages sent, almost to the point where more time is spent texting than calling, it’s hard to differentiate how the costs should be split. The key cost driver’s include several factors ranging from the fixed costs of infrastructure (purchasing servers, cell towers, etc), services (billing, accounting, maintenance, etc), and variable costs (storage on servers). The implications of the CVP is that it is difficult to determine what portion of the fixed/variable costs are associated with texting vs. other cell phone operations that use all of the same cost drivers. 2. What kinds of margins does text messaging produce? It’s difficult to say exactly what type of margins texting produces, but I think that the best way to determine it would be to allocate a weighted-average contribution margin to determine the approximate number. The fixed costs such as servers should have a 90/10 allocation because text messages take up little bandwidth, but all other costs should be allocated 50/50 because the total income from the two operations seems to be about equal...
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...Fixed line vs Cellular Cell phones have limited coverage area, unless in a big city with a lot cell phone towers, but there are other ways the signals can be blocked as well. Which makes a cell phone less dependable. The batteries in a cell phone need to stay charged to make or receive calls, and as long as it is charged you can use your phone any time even if you are somewhere where there is no power. Cell phone plans are usually cheaper is you are just getting a plan to talk on the phone and not a plan that includes data. A land line always works (unless it a cordless phone and the power goes out). You do not need to charge a land line phone that is connected to the wall, and you do not have to worry about a weak signal. The cost is more especially if you need to make long distance calls because that is not included in a normal plan. Voice vs Data Cell phones use both, you can use the voice and data at the same time because they no longer use the same antenna. Landlines phones use both, the key tones use data because the tones transfer as data, and you talking is using the voice SMS/text uses data, and is transferred as a message with characters over the data network Fax uses the data, when a fax is sent it gets immediately digitized and packaged in secure TCP packets and sent to natural data inc and then secure networks operation center for final delivery. Pagers use data, they receive a number via a small screen from incoming callers VOIP uses the data network...
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...the two seemingly antagonistic alternatives for translation. First of all, a rudimentary notion of translation begins with a text in a source language (SL) which aims to be transferred into a target language (TL). Such text might be seen as the carrier of a message conformed by two kinds of factors: linguistic factors, pertaining to the concrete form and the abstract meaning of a text; and cultural factors, which are not evident at the level of form or meaning, but pertain to the mental background of the speakers and writers of the SL. Both factors considered, different approaches are possible. One the one hand, the translating process could be either source oriented or target oriented. On the other hand, the focus might be either linguistic or functional. According to Nida (1964), translating consists in reproducing in the receptor language the closest natural equivalent of the source language message, first in terms of meaning and secondly I terms of style. He proposed two different types of equivalence, i.e., formal and dynamic. Formal equivalence, later renamed as formal correspondence, focuses on the message’s form and content and refers to elements in the TL that represent the closest equivalent of a SL unit. Nida acknowledged that such equivalents do not always exist between language pairs; and even when they do, the resulting text might not be easily understood by the target...
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...NT1310-Physical Networking Unit 1 Assignment 1: Voice VS Data 1. A cell phone is a mobile phone which can make and receive calls over a radio link. It connects to a cellular network which allows it to connect to the public telephone network. It uses both voice and data networks. 2. A landline phone is a device that has a physical connection with a telecommunication network. One big advantage landlines hold over cell phones is clear reception. Landlines offer both voice and data usage via broadband. 3. SMS stands for short message services It is the text messaging service component of mobile communication systems, phones or the web. It is the most widely used data application. It is used on data networks. 4. A Fax is the telephonic transmission of printed text and images to a telephone number connected to a device. It uses both analog and digital signals. It operates over both voice and data networks, and is a big reason why there are still landlines. 5. A Pager, also known as a Beeper, is a wireless communication device that receives numeric or text messages. It can also receive and announce voice messages. There are one way pagers which can only receive messages, and two way pagers which can send messages. The Pager uses both voice and data networks. 6. VOIP, or voice over IP is technology which enables the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions. Over internet protocol networks, VOIP involves signaling, channel setup, digitization of analog voice signals...
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...Assignment on Business Communication The assignment is prepared for “Steps of communication process” “Effective vs Good communication” & “Electronic communication” Submitted To Mohammad Milon Lecturer Department of Business Administration Submitted By Rahat Ahmed Chowdhury ID No: 131-116-051 BBA, 29th (B) Submission date: 23th February 2014 Steps of Communication Process Communication process is the sharing of meaningful information between two or more people with the goal of the receiver understanding the sender's intended message. 1.Develop an idea In the communication process the first and foremost thing is to develop an idea. It is the initial steps for starting a communication process. Before a communication we must have do the following things: * Identifying the purpose of our communication * Identifying our audience * Plan and design our message * Consider our resources * Strategize how we’ll connect with the media and others who can help us spreading our message * Creating an action plan * Decide how we’ll evaluate your plan and adjust it, based on the results of carrying it out 2.Encode This is the process of thinking of what we want to communicate, and then representing that thought in a verbal or non verbal way 3.Transmit It is the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint...
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