![[Pasted image 20211031112555.png]] ![[Pasted image 20211031112738.png]] ![[Pasted image 20211031112804.png]] The value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of users of the system. — Robert Metcalfe This law explains a little of the remarkable power of a growing network. Each time you add a user, or node, to the network, the number of connections increase in proportion to the square of the number of users.