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Rating: 
Summary: Excellent!
Review: I rated it 5 stars for this reason: 4 for overall content and 1 for portability. Not every book can have everything and if it did, it would be huge. Since sometimes size alone can determine if I will take the time to pull out a reference, I gave it an extra star because it is indeed a **Pocket** guide. This one managed to be informative in a technical area without being too dry or alienating for a novice. After looking at this book and Russell's other book Telecommunication Protocols, 2nd Ed., I went with this one because I wanted a smaller reference which wasn't just a dictionary and had detail to it. The main things I wanted are there: Basics of Telecommunication Protocols, LAN/WAN Networks, Ethernet,TCP/IP, Signaling System, ISDN, SONET, Cellular Networks and more. It is not a dictionary as stated before, which is what I liked about it. In fact I did compare the start of matching chapter titles for this one, to his larger book, Telecommunication Protocols, and it matched verbatim. Though definitely not as thorough as the other book, it is cheaper and does have the key reference points I was wanting.
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