Good telecom intro for novice   March 10, 2000

Perfect Book For Telecommunications   January 18, 2000

Expert or Novice   December 29, 1999

I will be recommending this book to all co-workers who express an interest in understanding the entire enviormnment from technology to policy.


Good scope but miserable organization   November 17, 1999
  30 out of 36 found this review helpful

I bought this book because it appeared to be one of the few books aimed at non-technical readers that covered major telecoms concepts. While the scope is not disappointing, this book is so poorly organized that I simply stopped reading it. The book's disorganization and repetitiveness exist at several levels: across chapters, within chapters, and even within paragraphs.

On numerous occassions, the author uses a term or concept in a way that assumes a thorough understanding (prompting the reader to ask himself "has this already been introduced?"), then drops it, then explains it later on. In addition, some concepts are explained multiple times, with no real difference in the various explanations. Finally, often the sentences are so clumsily put together that the style simply prevents the reader from concentrating on the content.

A big disappointment.


outstanding reference materials   October 29, 1999
  6 out of 19 found this review helpful

i am in the army at ft bragg nc. my job title is 31f electronic/network switch operator maintainer i wish i would have had a guidebook like this instead of the tech manuals that gte provided us in ait at ft gordon