TEL101 Class Resources 

Here are a few class resources for TEL101, Telecommunications Concepts. Thank you to Jim Hebbeln for providing the central office links to me.

Reference Links

• Telecommunications Glossary
• The History of Communication
• The Microwave Radio and Coaxial Cable Networks of the Bell System
• The Step Office Page
• www.CentralOfficeOnline.com
• Math and Physics Java Applets

Industries, Carriers and Equipment Providers

• GlobalCrossing
  • GlobalCrossing Presentation
  • The Fall of GlobalCrossing
• Sonus Networks
• Asterisk OpenSource PBX Server

Standards Organizations & Regulatory Agencies

• ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
• TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)
• EIA (Electronics Industry Alliance)
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• ATIS (Association for Telecommunications Industry Solutions)
• ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
• FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

Local Data and Voice Providers

• Front Range Internet, Inc
• CBeyond
• ICG Communications
• Yipes

Videoconferencing Equipment Providers

• Polycom - Provider of the PolyCom VS4000
• RadVision - Provider of the RadVision H.323 MCU

Telephones in Hollywood!

• PillowTalk - A romantic comedy from 1959 involving party lines
• Cellular - An action thriller involving cell phones