Rating: 
Summary: Making Telecom Understandable and Applicable
Review: I am a grad student at Wharton and we used this text for our Advanced Telecom class. Using this text made our class fun and helped us learned the cutting edge principles of telecom in an exciting way. The author explains the traditional and emerging areas of the field, and has a unique writing style which teaches technical details in an understandable manner. I would reccomend this book to anyone, including business people, academics, or anyone generally interested in learning more about telecommunication. Five stars!
Rating:
Summary: Making Telecom Understandable and Applicable
Review: I am a grad student at Wharton and we used this text for our Advanced Telecom class. Using this text made our class fun and helped us learned the cutting edge principles of telecom in an exciting way. The author explains the traditional and emerging areas of the field, and has a unique writing style which teaches technical details in an understandable manner. I would reccomend this book to anyone, including business people, academics, or anyone generally interested in learning more about telecommunication. Five stars!
Rating:
Summary: The most comprehensive Telecom resource I've seen
Review: In trying to keep current on the ever-changing Telecom/technology sector, I sought a book that could be both good reading and a useful resource. The title, Telecom Essentials, and the table of contents led me to believe this was the one-stop, all encompassing resource for all my technical needs. I was not let down. The guide, if you call it, is well organized and comprehensive. I can use this for learning about general technology issues or for answering specific IT questions that arise in my profession. Telecom Essentials is written in an easy to use style and uses many charts, tables and graphics to convey complex concepts. The author obviously went to great lengths to research the subject and communicate the ideas in a user-friendly fashion. I recommend this book for anyone interested in understanding telecommunications. It will sit on my bookshelf with my other regularly used reference books.
Rating:
Summary: The most comprehensive Telecom resource I've seen
Review: In trying to keep current on the ever-changing Telecom/technology sector, I sought a book that could be both good reading and a useful resource. The title, Telecom Essentials, and the table of contents led me to believe this was the one-stop, all encompassing resource for all my technical needs. I was not let down. The guide, if you call it, is well organized and comprehensive. I can use this for learning about general technology issues or for answering specific IT questions that arise in my profession. Telecom Essentials is written in an easy to use style and uses many charts, tables and graphics to convey complex concepts. The author obviously went to great lengths to research the subject and communicate the ideas in a user-friendly fashion. I recommend this book for anyone interested in understanding telecommunications. It will sit on my bookshelf with my other regularly used reference books.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Technical Resource
Review: Lili covers Telecom issues from A to Z. I have been in this business for 25+ years and find this book to be an excellent choice for managers to use as a reference. No one is perfect and this book can offer valuable guidance when dealing with telecom issues. It would make a GREAT read when planning for growth and looking for options. Once you complete it you have the knowledge you will need when dealing with vendors and provisioners. My ONLY drawback is that now that it is in print, we MUST have a second edition, afterall, the advances MAY make this edition obsolete in a scant few months, Lili has a lot of hard work into this book and it is difficult to keep abreast of a subject that changes as much as the IT field does. THANKS for taking the time and effort into writing such a top shelf edition on a difficult field of study!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Technical Resource
Review: Lili covers Telecom issues from A to Z. I have been in this business for 25+ years and find this book to be an excellent choice for managers to use as a reference. No one is perfect and this book can offer valuable guidance when dealing with telecom issues. It would make a GREAT read when planning for growth and looking for options. Once you complete it you have the knowledge you will need when dealing with vendors and provisioners. My ONLY drawback is that now that it is in print, we MUST have a second edition, afterall, the advances MAY make this edition obsolete in a scant few months, Lili has a lot of hard work into this book and it is difficult to keep abreast of a subject that changes as much as the IT field does. THANKS for taking the time and effort into writing such a top shelf edition on a difficult field of study!
Rating:
Summary: Lilli Goleniewski is a master of telecommunications!
Review: Lilli Goleniewski does a great job in this book. She covers telecommunications from end to end. I highly recommend the book. If you ever get the opportunity to attend one of her classes you will find it an incredible learning experience. Michael Erbschloe, VP Research, Computer Economics, Carlsbad, CA.
Rating:
Summary: Tlecommunication Essentials
Review: Lillian Goleniewski had touched almost all basic foundations of telecommunication. The explaination is very clear, brief and easy to digest. She managed to explain all the concepts in her own style which is free from complicated terms and jargons. I would say the book itself can be read by non-technical person or a very busy management person who would like to know about telecommunication. My conclusion, this book for every level of people regardless their background. As for network planner and network administrator, this book is good for them to read so that they would understand how the network works from end to end.
Rating:
Summary: Lilli Goleniewski is a master of telecommunications!
Review: Lillian Goleniewski has done the IT community a service. She's written a coherent, comprehensive guide to the telecommunications world. "Telecommunications Essentials" doesn't omit technical details. It frames them within a business and historical context that similar books lack. I've read and reviewed three other recently published telecom titles, and this one is clearly the best. Some of the details I enjoyed were descriptions of how fiber is manufactured, the number of wire pairs associated with various transmission media, and specifications for various global television standards.
The telecom world is full of agencies, standards, and products, each referenced by a three- or four-letter acronym. Lillian guides the reader through this technology jungle, offering clear descriptions and historical background. She also provides a thorough glossary (87 pages) and index. Another of the book's impressive features is its global focus, with attention given to E- and J- carrier, as well as T-carrier, systems. Other examples include cellular telephone frequencies used worldwide. Numerous diagrams and figures illustrate the author's main points.
The book is not perfect enough to merit five stars. It suffers from minor typos and at least one technical error. Sadly, like many networking books, "Telecommunications Essentials" states that TCP sequence numbers count individual packets. This is false; TCP sequence numbers count bytes of data. Although I am not qualified to critique the accuracy of the phone-related information, I was pleased to see the remainder of the networking material was correct.
"Telecommunications Essentials" is a must-buy if you want to learn about the telecom world. Although the author devotes too many words to describing the use of technology, and future trends, overall the book is excellent.
Rating: 
Summary: The best telecom reference in print
Review: Lillian Goleniewski has done the IT community a service. She's written a coherent, comprehensive guide to the telecommunications world. "Telecommunications Essentials" doesn't omit technical details. It frames them within a business and historical context that similar books lack. I've read and reviewed three other recently published telecom titles, and this one is clearly the best. Some of the details I enjoyed were descriptions of how fiber is manufactured, the number of wire pairs associated with various transmission media, and specifications for various global television standards.
The telecom world is full of agencies, standards, and products, each referenced by a three- or four-letter acronym. Lillian guides the reader through this technology jungle, offering clear descriptions and historical background. She also provides a thorough glossary (87 pages) and index. Another of the book's impressive features is its global focus, with attention given to E- and J- carrier, as well as T-carrier, systems. Other examples include cellular telephone frequencies used worldwide. Numerous diagrams and figures illustrate the author's main points.
The book is not perfect enough to merit five stars. It suffers from minor typos and at least one technical error. Sadly, like many networking books, "Telecommunications Essentials" states that TCP sequence numbers count individual packets. This is false; TCP sequence numbers count bytes of data. Although I am not qualified to critique the accuracy of the phone-related information, I was pleased to see the remainder of the networking material was correct.
"Telecommunications Essentials" is a must-buy if you want to learn about the telecom world. Although the author devotes too many words to describing the use of technology, and future trends, overall the book is excellent.
|
