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Telephone history series
Focuses on American development, both by the Bell System and the independent telephone companies. Perhaps the most comprehensive history article on the web.
DSL introduction
The technology that enables consumer broadband. Over your cable T.V. system or through a phone line, this piece explains the basics. Did you know that a digital subscriber line isn't digital?
Main Index
ATM
A data communication network. Written for completeness, as part of my overall effort to explain switching and transmission.
Bits and bytes
The building blocks of digital. Easy article.
Cable station life
Undersea fiber optic lines come ashore at cable stations. Equipment there then hooks the traffic into the land based telephone network. The cable station described is on a remote spit of land far up the northern California coast.
The decibel
An irritating but essential to understand component of telephony, radio, and electronics. I try explaining the decibel in different ways.
Digital principles
Lengthy, detailed treatment. I've tried to keep it simple.
DSL introduction
The technology that enables consumer broadband. Over your cable T.V. system or through a phone line, this piece explains the basics.
How Telephones Work by Julian Macassey, N6ARE. The web's essential if sometimes difficult 'how telephones work article. I've put it up at my site since I was tired of the file dying.
Frame relay
More data com.
Modulation
Always tricky.
Norman Rockwell and OSP
What's a website without pictures?
Women and OSP
Little told stories. Not happy experiences, but it's essential to tell them.
The OSI model & cellular radioAre you a networking wonk? Eager to bring the OSI model into a discussion of wireless? Not so fast, geek boy.
Outside plant basics
Really basic. Pictorial overview would be more precise. Well, actually, there are some other interesting bits.
Packets, switching & transmission
Yes, I know. Sounds boring. Actually is. But you need to read this.
Public telephone networks (Diagram)
Me and Photoshop. An intuitive view of the PTSN.
Seattle Telephone Museum
Cool pictures.
SONET
Even more data com!
Stepper switch sounds
Wrrr, clunk. Wrrr, clunk. Wrrr, clunk.
T-Carrier (T-1, T-3, etc.)
TCP/IP
Telecom clip art collection
Black and white telephone related pictures. All free to download.
Telephone smut
You figure it out.
Telephone history series
Focuses on American development, both by the Bell System and the independent telephone companies. Perhaps the most comprehensive history article on the web.
Telephone manual
Basic intro to telephony.
Telephone tech page (external link)
Nortel's Telephony 101 (.pdf)
Excellent in every way.
X.25
Wireline telephone stats
From the F.C.C. to download and mull over.
Page under construction.
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