Notes on the Internet for Bell Heads

Thu Jul 11 19:46:53 UTC 2002

Actually, the reverse would be useful, as well. Voice Networking/SS7 stuff
for us IP weenies. (i.e. not voice over IP, just straight voice)

- Dan

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> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Sean Donelan
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Notes on the Internet for Bell Heads
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> Has anyone written the equivalent of the old Bell Systems Notes on the
> Network for the Internet?  A couple of books come close, Hueston's ISP
> Survival Guide and Cisco's ISP Essentials.  But there doesn't seem to
> be anything that helps Bell heads understand what switching, routing
> or signaling means on the Internet.  There are a lot of words which are
> spelled alike, but mean very different things in the Bell world and the
> Internet world.
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> I've been thinking of it like driving in England or the USA.  We drive
> on different sides of the road.  Its safe until you get someone who
> doesn't know the rules of the road driving on the other side of the
> Atlantic.  So how do you explain the rules of the Internet road to someone
> used to driving on the telephone system?
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