Misy Mini Case Study

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1. Should they use traditional analog services, with standard voice lines and use modems to dial into their Internet Service Provider ($40 per month for each voice line plus $20 per month for each Internet access line)? The first alternative requires an individual trunk line, MODEM, connection cables and emulation software on each and every computer to network data this way. The disadvantage is that when the line is used for data, it cannot support voice and the data speed is slow. 2. Should they use standard voice lines, but use DSL for their data ($60 per month per line for both services)? The second alternative requires an individual DSL line, DSL MODEM, connection cable and DSL software on each and every computer to network data this way. Although the cost is higher, each telephone requires an individual trunk line which mean higher bandwidth speeds. Higher bandwidth would be an advantage with each DSL line. 3. Should they separate their voice and data needs using standard analog services for voice but finding some advanced digital transmission services for data ($40 per month for each voice line and $300 per month for a circuit with 1.5 Mbps of data)? The third alternative requires an individual circuit, channel service unit, router, connection cables and software configuration. But if the company has a Local Area Network in place, they can share much higher bandwidth speeds with any computer connected to the Local Area Network. Each telephone requires an individual trunk line. Unit costs would be corresponding, though voice line costs would be the same the company could leverage the data line costs to show that after 5 to 6 computer connection, the company would save money on the data and achieve much higher bandwidth thresholds with a large degree of scalability. 4. Should the company search for all

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