After graduating from University, Jerry and Samantha decide to go into business for themselves. They both love cooking, so they opened a mobile food truck. The new business is called SweetHand™ Almost immediately, their business takes off and there are long lines throughout the day and into the night. Five years have passed, and SweetHand™ has grown to over 100 locations spread across the Caribbean. For the most part, these locations operate independently. This results in coordination problems and inefficient supplies procurement. As a remedy, the IT manager has proposed linking all locations in telecommunications network. Question: What network topology choices are available, and which would you recommend? Remember to justify your recommendation.

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After graduating from University, Jerry and Samantha decide to go into business for themselves. They both love cooking, so they opened a mobile food truck. The new business is called SweetHand™ Almost immediately, their business takes off and there are long lines throughout the day and into the night.

Five years have passed, and SweetHand™ has grown to over 100 locations spread across the Caribbean. For the most part, these locations operate independently. This results in coordination problems and inefficient supplies procurement. As a remedy, the IT manager has proposed linking all locations in telecommunications network.

Question: What network topology choices are available, and which would you recommend? Remember to justify your recommendation.

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