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Summary: Junk
Review: This book makes far too many assumptions about the previous knowledge of its readers with regard to this topic. I wanted this book to learn more about this this subject. All it did was reinforce what i do not know.
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Summary: I regret that there is not an Oscar given to Authors !
Review: After reading Annabel's latest book, I regret that there is not an Oscar given to authors. ANI,DNIS,ILEC,MMDS,etc. Are you familiar with all of these terms? If you are, then you move to the front of the class. If you are not, then you're among 90 percent of the population that might just be missing out on some of the latest technological advancements that can significantly impact your business and increase your bottom line. Is pays to read her new book, and gain an insight in this fast changing field..
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Summary: Essential Guide to Telecommunicatiions
Review: THis book was easy to follow, I was new to telecommunications three years ago.This book helped to shorten my learning curve. The author took highly technical information and put it in laymans term. I have recommended this book to every sales person and technical person in telecommunications that I meet. Within my company and in my networking.
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Summary: the information is not derived from the author's expertise
Review: I wanted a book that would explain the basic concepts and show the progressive changes from the telephone to the present hardware,software and its influence .In nearly every sphere this book fell short.After much searching and a bit of luck, i did find :ANATOMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS by Tom Smith and ABC TeleTraing ,Inc. In less than 160 pages the author was able to do what this book and its many pages could not .
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Summary: This book is bad for you
Review: This book is beyond bad; it is bad for you. This author neither understands the technology she is writing about nor the how to write about tecnology. The books is filled with misinformation, incorrect usage of terms and ambiguous statements. The book is, however, simple to read. The author really "dumbs down" the explanations. As a result, the book has received some positive ratings. But beware! Even the dumbed down explanations are frequently wrong. This book can do more damage than good. Don't read it.
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Summary: This Book is OK if you are looking for a General Guide
Review: Is good for Marketing persons not engineers. If you are looking for telecom general concepts this book is the best. However if you have a solid Telecom background you will not find this book helpfull at all. It covers with simple concepts the evolution of telecom to this days.
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Summary: Was there an editor?
Review: Have you and a few friends ever dropped a bunch of acid and then wrote a book on telecommunications? This book rambles and sometimes restates things almost verbatim within a few sentences. It dwells on minutia and then glosses over important topics. It also rambles and often restates things almost word for word in just a few sentences. There are better books on the subject and faster ways to get up to speed on the industry.
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Summary: very good introduction, but nothing more
Review: This book will help you get a general idea what is going on in the telecommunications industry, but don't expect anything more. If you are new to this field, then this book is for you, otherwise look for something more technical.
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Summary: NOT a good guide to telecom
Review: I would not recommend this book to either to a beginner or to someone trying to learn more about the subject. Unfortunately the books has several major problems: 1. It does not explain fundamentals that a beginner would need to understand. 2. When it does try to go a little deeper into a subject, the explanations are so "lite" they provide very little understanding. 3. There are many errors.
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Summary: ok....I admit....I only glanced at this book in the store...
Review: I thought at first it looked like it might be a great overview for me. BUT then I was flipping through it and came to this explanation of a byte (a paraphrase since the book is not in front of me): A byte is a character and has seven or eight bits. Now, in my little world, if a byte could be either 7 or 8 bits, computers would have an awfully tough time interpreting them. And to say that a byte is a character? Oy. I agree with the review below mine based on that one paragraph in her book. If someone cannot even manage to explain correctly what a byte is, they have no business writing telecom books.
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