1. A company wants to connect two offices located in Memphis, Tennessee, and Laramie, Wyoming. The offices need to transfer data at 512 kbps. Which is the less expensive solution: a T-1 connection or a frame relay connection? What happens if an office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, also must be connected to both Memphis and Laramie at a rate of512 kbps? Which solution is cheaper now? How about considering an MPLS over IP solution or a form of long-haul Ethernet?
2. You are consulting for a hospital that wants to send three-dimensional, high-resolution, color ultrasound images between the main hospital and an outpatient clinic. A patient will be receiving the ultrasound at the clinic, while a doctor at the main hospital observes the images in real time and talks to the ultrasound technician and patient via a telephone connection. What type of telecommunications service presented in this chapter might support this application? Identify the telecommunications service, and be sure to list the particular details concerning the service. Explain your reasoning.