Telecom Basics

A primer for the telecom industry for anyone who wants or needs to know more about telephone, cable tv, high speed data (internet access), and cellular communications. This is not about the history of the industry, but I will dip down into certain subject areas to give you a taste of the business. I will try to make the complex subject matter readable by non-industry people and will avoid unexplained jargon when possible. Comments, suggestions, & corrections are welcome.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Topics to come...

In time I plan to pick up the pace a bit and post some more. For now I will throw out a few topics I plan to talk about. If anyone has suggestions, just post 'em in Comments. In no particular order, here are some subjects:

Analog vs. digital;
Digitizing voice;
Modulation types;
Transmission media overview: copper, fiber, & wireless;
Testing the media;
Testing the message;
Testing the equipment;
Focus on fiber testing;
...more...

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