Title Slide

Modem Communications

Preliminary Results

Presented by: Name of Student
May 4, 1999

Overview Slide

Where Does the Data Need to Go?
How Much Does it Cost to Get It There?
What Can We Conclude from This?

Topic 1 Slide

Where Does the Data Need to Go?

U.S. map here showing three locations: Los Angeles, Huntsville, Boston

Topic 2 Slide, Slide 1

How Much Does it Cost to Get It There?

Cost by Delivery Service

Delivery Service	Delivery Charges
Delivery Service	Next Day Priority	Next Day	Second Day	Standard
Federal Express	$15.50/$13.00	$11.50/$9	not available	not available
UPS	not available	$13.75/$9	$8.75/$5.75	$3.30
U.S. Post Office	not available	$9.59	$6.40/$2.90	$1.85

Topic 2 Slide 2

How Much Does it Cost to Get It There?

Cost by Phone/Modem Transfer

File Size (bytes)	Transmission Time (sec)	Cost ($)
1K	< 1	3.12
10K	8.5	3.36
20K	17.1	3.36
40K	34.1	3.36
50K	42.7	3.36
100K	85.3	3.60
150K	128.0	3.84
200K	170.7	3.84
500K	426.7	5.04
1MB	853.3	6.72

Final Slide

Conclusions

If the data are critical and urgent, send both ways (diskette by delivery service and then modem it down)
If the data are not critical but are urgent, send by modem
If the data are critical but not urgent, send by a delivery service

When to use this plan for class:

you have preliminary results that might interest the class
you have good visuals for communicating those results
you would like to get feedback on your findings