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TEL109Quiz 1Spring 2005Instructions1.This quiz is regarded as open notes only. This means you may use any notes you have taken in class, or any handouts that were give to you in class but not your textbook.2.Each question carries equal weight (20pts each).3.Partial credit leave alone be given where warranted, but you must write out some response for each question.4.The frame for this quiz will be averaged together with the grade for quiz 2 and this average will represent 1/3 of your term grade.5.Record any of your answers on these sheets. If you need additional pages, be for certain that your name is on each one.Questions1.What are the provisions of the Kingsbury Commitment? What was the major impact on the Public Telephone Network?The provisions of the Kingsbury Commitment were as follows AT&T would not buy any more Independent companies or utility providers without the Justice subdivisions approval.AT&T would brook Independent companies to bear on to the AT&T network so t hat homes only needed one phone and one phone company to provide service.AT&T would bothow any company to interconnect with other independents and AT&T to complete calls anywhere in America.AT&T also declared that they would sell all its interest in Western Union.The major impact on the public telephone network was as followsThe public telephone network was now all open to any company and this in turn made it open to any home with a telephone and telephone service to call anywhere in the US. Also this commitment helped to stop AT&T from completely buying out all the smaller telephone companies and monopolizing the entire telephone service provider market. This commitment made it possible for smaller phone companies to survive in this market. Lastly it also helped to prevent AT&T from having to deal with the consequences of the Department of Justice using the Sherman Antitrust Act to bring charges against them. 2.What agencies are responsible for communications policy on the nation al and the local levels?The Federal Communications committal (FCC) is responsible for all federal communications regulation of policy and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is responsible for regulating telecommunications within the state. 3.Explain what is meant by(a)Simplex infectionSimplex Transmission is transmission of signals in one direction only, such as in radio and television there is no way to impel a signal back it is strictly one way.(b)Half-duplex TransmissionHalf-duplex Transmission is a when signals can go in both directions (to and from) they take turns such as with a CB radio, each side takes a turn sending and receiving over the same medium.