A network linking eight users is typically:
A) less likely to exhibit bottlenecks than a network linking two users.
B) more than four times as valuable as a network linking two users.
C) four times as valuable as a network linking two users.
D) less than four times as valuable as a network linking two users.

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According to Metcalfe's Law, the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n^2). Therefore, a network linking eight users (8^2 = 64) is more than four times as valuable as a network linking two users (2^2 = 4), since 64 is more than 4 times 4.

A Network Linking Eight Users Is Typically