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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Anthony,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I can’t recall a question where VCAA asked for a specific transfer rate however, the students need to know the capabilities and limitations of transfer media. I suppose you could look at relative measures such as ‘fast, medium or slow’ for transfer rate rather than worrying about the absolute transfer rate of 802.11g – 300Mbps etc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2D72A3'>David Howard</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2D72A3'><br>Head of IT & Learning Technologies <br><br><img width=224 height=75 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB673.0B3B6AB0" alt="Description: https://www.stmichaels.vic.edu.au/layout/siglogo.jpg"><br><br>25 Chapel Street, St Kilda VIC 3182 Australia<br></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2D72A3'><br></span><b><span 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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Sullivan<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 29 October 2012 12:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> itapps@edulists.com.au<br><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Transmission Media<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We are revising transmission media today in class<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is there guidelines we should follow when discussing ‘data transfer rate’ and ‘distance travelled’ as these change constantly with new technology?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Anthony</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sullivan</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Head of Information Technology</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A5A5A5'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1200 style='width:900.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p 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Eliza, Vic, 3930 | <a href="mailto:asullivan@tps.vic.edu.au">asullivan@tps.vic.edu.au</a> | <a href="http://www.tps.vic.edu.au">www.tps.vic.edu.au</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C0504D'><img border=0 width=1000 height=135 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image005.gif@01CDB673.0B3B6AB0"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=968 style='width:726.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A5A5A5'>Please consider the environment before printing this email, you will save 5g of paper, 250mL of water and at least 35gm of CO</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A5A5A5'>2</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C0504D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A5A5A5'>This message, including any attachments, is provided without responsibility in law for its accuracy or otherwise and without assumption of a duty of care by the school. 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