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TELECOM Digest & Archives
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For New Readers:
- How to post messages
- Frequently Asked Questions about telecom: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
- How to access the archives via email
TELECOM Digest Online:
- Latest issue — Start here
- Digest Online — Recent issues of the Digest (comp.dcom.telecom), sorted.
TELECOM Digest Archives:
- Current Issues A few dozen recent issues.
- Back Issues Since August 1981. The second oldest mailing list on the Internet!
- Archives Index File A detailed listing of the archive directories (for geeks only).
- Archives Root Explore the archives on your own (contains everything listed here).
- Archives Reports Various telecom articles from over two decades of operation.
- Glossaries of Telecom Terms Acronyms and Abbreviations.
- Tech Topics Technical reports which have appeared in the Digest.
- Old topics and articles:
- Book Reviews Books reviewed in the Digest. (Also see Rob Slade's book reviews.)
- Telcomine An old, monthly journal of telecom news archived at this site.
- Caller ID
- Cellular
- Article indicies Volumes 9-18 (1989 through 1998)
- Modems
- Private Line E-zine
- Security Problems Toll fraud and network security issues.
- Legal-FCC FCC and Regulatory Topics. (See the FCC website here.)
- Telecom FAQ: P1 P2 P3
- History Historical articles from the Digest. (Also see Internet History website.)
- George Gilder Essays His Forbes Magazine
articles. (See Gilder's website.)
- Obsolete information (Very out of date, but this is an archive, after all!):
- Area Codes Notes on Area Codes. (Also see Linc or Eric & John for latest updates.)
- Canadian Area Codes Our northern neighbors, part of country code 1.
- Country Codes International dialing codes.
- AOS/COCOT
- Carriers
- Minitel
- NPA 800
- NPA 900
- Public Access
- TYMNET
- Odds 'N Ends A few mostly old files not archived elsewhere.
- More Links Check out these friends and telecom-related weblinks.
- Feature Story Camelot on the Moon By Donald E. Kimberlin
- Feature Story Use Comcast Cable Modem: Go to Jail! By Judy Sammel
About The Editor:
- Patrick Townson, Editor Biography
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Extra! A few extra things of interest to readers
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TELECOM Digest is an electronic journal devoted mostly but not
exclusively to telecommunications topics. It is circulated anywhere
there is email, in addition to various telecom forums on a variety of
networks such as Compuserve and America On Line, Yahoo Groups, and
other forums. It is also gatewayed to Usenet where it appears as the
moderated newsgroup "comp.dcom.telecom". TELECOM Digest is a not-for-profit, mostly non-commercial educational service offered to the Internet by Patrick Townson. All the contents of the Digest are compilation-copyrighted. You may reprint articles in some other media on an occasional basis, but please attribute my work and that of the original author. |
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