Current Trends In Networking Assignment

Current Trends In
Networking 1
CURRENT TRENDS IN NETWORKING
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Current Trends In
Networking 2
North Ronaldsay Geographical Information
The North Ronaldsay is an island that is part of Orkney archipelago which is in Scotland,
it is made of 691 hectares of land and among the other islands that forms Orkney archipelago.
However this island is in the northern part of the Orkney archipelago and it is number
fourteen in terms of size of the other island.
In this island there are various economic activities carried out which includes the farming
and fishing ,however the island has many tourists attraction features that attracts the tourists who
comes to the country during the holiday seasons ,the locals and the visitors come to see the
traditions and culture.
The island economy as it also depends on the tourism it has poor network connections
since the technology used is slow and not reliable ,this limits the ability of the visitors to book to
tour the country hence there is need to install a better internet connection to enable efficient
connectivity in the entire island.
Geographically this island is located in the map in longitude 59.371925, and latitude -
2.416359 as in the below maps:
North Ronaldsay

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Networking 3

Current Trends In
Networking 4
Orkney archipelago
Current Available Internet Connection In The North Ronaldsay Island
The North Ronaldsay Island is facing some challenges with the current connections of
internet , this is because of the low access speed and the reliability of the internet connectivity .
However the available internet connection is through two technology which are not very
reliable ,however these two technologies includes the following:
Modern High Speed Links Via SHEFA-2
This is type of the technology that had been adopted to supply the internet services to some
part of the island, however this area is highly populated and hence it is not reliable due to its
variable nature.
However the SHEFA-2 is a type of communications cables that that are transmitted below the
sea and it connects the mainland and the Scotland through the North Isles, this internet
connection was succeeded by another technology called SHEFA-1 which was linked through
same routes.