Major Technologies used in Internet Backbone Networks The Internet consists of many networks strung together. The Internet's skeleton is made up of high-capacity trunk lines maintained by telephone companies at sites called Network Access Points that interconnect Internet Service Providers (ISPs) at regional nodes. The following terms need to be understood before we get into the details. Router: Links a local network to a remote network. For example, your company's network probably uses a router …showed first 75 words of 614 total…

…showed last 75 words of 614 total…would beam the signals that need to be sent to the receiving earth station that could be in any part of the world, provided it was under the beam scope of the satellite. However, it needs to be seen that this would not totally eliminate the need for the copper or fiber optic cables. This technology in tandem with the other technologies however could prove of more use than as an independent entity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**