Blog #2: Cell Phones
The invention of the telephone gave the average person the ability to instantaneously communicate with someone who wasn’t right next to them for the first time ever. Since then, the accessibility of this technology has increased quite a bit, although the basis for it hasn’t changed much at all. Nowadays, almost everyone carries a cell phone with them at all times. This little device not only allows people to call and text others who aren’t with them, but it also acts as a computer, giving users access to the internet whenever they want it. According to class lecture, the modern telephone network operates, at its base level, the same way as it did in the past. It has simply been built upon to create what we have today. Cell phones are able to connect to this network through the different cell towers that cover certain areas. These towers then transmit the calls to where they need to go using three different telephone company types. Each type manages the calls based on the range be...