TELECOM Digest (original) (raw)

For New Readers:

• Help and Introduction File
• Frequently Asked Questions about the the Telecom Digest: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• How to access the archives via email
• Andrew K's Long-Distance Routing History Project

TELECOM Digest Online:

• Latest issue — Start here for current issue
• This year's archive — Here are all the issues from the current year
• Digest Online — Recent issues of the Digest (comp.dcom.telecom), sorted.
• Older Online Files-1 October, 2004 -- June 25, 2005.
• Older Online Files-2 June 26 -- December 31, 2005
• Older Online Files-3 January 1 -- June 30, 2006
• Older Online Files-4 July 1 -- December 31, 2006
• Older Online Files-5 January 1 -- June 30, 2007
• Archives for 2009
• Archives for 2010
• Archives for 2011
• Archives for 2012
• Archives for 2013
• Archives for 2014
• Archives for 2015
• Archives for 2016
• Archives for 2017
• Archives for 2018
• Archives for 2019
• Archives for 2020
• Archives for 2021
• Archives for 2022

TELECOM Digest Archives:

• Back Issues Since August 1981. The oldest mailing list on the Internet!
• 25 Years of Digest Messages, in zipped, mailbox format, by year (1981-2006 Especially for Usenet readers!)
• Western Union Technical Progress (With thanks to Jim haynes)
• 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 and Annabel Dodd's new book )
  • Telcomine An old, monthly journal of telecom news archived at this site.
  • Caller ID
  • Cellular
  • Email
  • 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• Obsolete information (Very out of date, but this is an archive, after all!):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 orEric & John for latest updates.)
  • Canadian Area Codes Our northern neighbors, part of country code 1.
  • Country Codes International dialing codes.
  • AOSCOCOT
  • 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.
• Book Review: Guide to Telecommunications-4th EditionThe new edition of Annabel Dodd's reference work.
• Feature Story Camelot on the Moon By Donald E. Kimberlin
• Feature Story Use Comcast Cable Modem: Go to Jail! By Judy Sammel
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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 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 Dan Ritter. All the contents of the Digest are compilation-copyrighted.

TELECOM Digest and Telecom Archives are compilation-copyrighted by Patrick Townson, 1996-2008. Telecom Digest and Telecom Archives Compilation Copyright © 2008-2023 E. William Horne, 2023-onwards Dan Ritter - All Rights Reserved.Production and archive facilities provided courtesy ofComputer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratoryat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thank you, CSAIL!