Application Groups (Cont.)
Data acquisition and telemetry are examples of real-time data collection that usually use dedicated (or leased) lines to prevent data loss.
Ex. Transmission of image information from the observatories on top of mt. Haleakala to the MHPCC.
Current distributed computing applications such as telnet (remote login), FTP, E-mail etc use the Internet and services that are provided on a “best effort basis”. If the network is congested, the response times and transmission rates are slow.