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Summary: Worth every penny!
Review: As a telecommunications student, I was leery of all the abbreviations and unfamiliar terms. This book was very helpful in explaining new words and phrases, especially since the telecommunications industry is full of strange acronyms. Very worthwhile!
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Summary: Worth every penny!
Review: As a telecommunications student, I was leery of all the abbreviations and unfamiliar terms. This book was very helpful in explaining new words and phrases, especially since the telecommunications industry is full of strange acronyms. Very worthwhile!
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Summary: Invaluable tool for anyone in the Telecom Industry
Review: As my exposure to different areas of Telecom expands, I find this reference to be indispensable. I bought my first copy when I entered industry, with the intention of using it to initially come up to speed, but I find I use it more an more, as my core areas of expertise branch out. The only way I can think to improve upon it, would be to create a version available on cdrom, with a search engine and bookmarking capabilities.
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Summary: A wonderful reference guide!!!
Review: From the first time that I refered to this dictionary a couple of years ago until now I have found it to be most informative and amusing. Newton's Telecom Dictionary is one of my most used reference works while studying for a Telecommunications degree. Studying for hours on end can be somewhat tiresome yet, I can always count on Newton to add a chuckle to a given moment, thank you. I look forward the the next edition.
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Summary: A Must for People Dealing with Telecom
Review: Harry Newton is now on the 18th Edition of his renowned dictionary. Having worked in the telecommunications industry for 4 years, I can vouch for how valuable this reference has been for me. Newton covers all the acronyms, standard terms, slang, etc. that anyone would ever be exposed to in the telecommunications world. These are not just standard definitions. Newton goes in depth for those terms that require extensive explanation. The definition for "Frame Relay" is approximately a page and a half. Even more impressive, you come away with a solid, basic understanding of Frame Relay. What separates Newton's from other efforts is the extensive nature of the work, and the humorous approach to writing many of the definitions. For example, Newton's definition for "Intelligent Phone" starts off with "When the Bell operating companies get bored they occasionally fantasize about applications for the networks they provide." Believe me, if you have ever had to work with a Bell operating company (Southwestern Bell, Bell South, etc.) you'll get a lot of laughs from this kind of stuff.
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Summary: Time to Upgrade!
Review: How do you improve on perfection? Hard work and new content. We may be in the middle of a once in a lifetime industry downturn, but Ray Horak and Harry Newton certainly haven't been laid off. They're busy getting us reading for the next innovation wave with the 19th edition. I give copies of this book to every student who attends TrainingCity.com Voice & Data training classes, and everyone loves it!
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Summary: Time to Upgrade!
Review: How do you improve on perfection? Hard work and new content. We may be in the middle of a once in a lifetime industry downturn, but Ray Horak and Harry Newton certainly haven't been laid off. They're busy getting us reading for the next innovation wave with the 19th edition. I give copies of this book to every student who attends TrainingCity.com Voice & Data training classes, and everyone loves it!
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Summary: This is the one
Review: I use this book all the time. This is the perfect reference book for every engineer working in the Telecomm field
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Summary: If you work at an ISP you NEED this!
Review: I work for an ISP and I deal with Verizon on a regular basis. This book has been invaluable in helping me decipher Verizonese. I now have a much better idea of what is going on on the telco end. Newton does a great job of explaining all the telco terms in a conceptual manner as opposed to sending me searching even deeper for more techincal terms I don't know. You will have a hard time finding these definitions anywhere else! If you are planning on working as a CCIE then you better pick up a copy otherwise you may get befuddled in your dealings with the megatelco.
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Summary: Simply The Best
Review: I'm not sure what more can be said in praise of Harry Newton's Telecom Dictionary, but I'll try. This oversized book is a whopping 859 pages. I don't want to even guess at what it weighs in at. It really is more of a telecom encyclopedia than a dictionary, and goes into extensive detail describing many words, phrases, acronyms and concepts. Many of the definitions take up an entire page, or more. It is absolutely crammed with useful information. As if being the largest telecom dictionary isn't enough, Harry packs the book with his own style of telecom humor and wit. It's probably the only dictionary you will find that will make you laugh out loud. Harry is the premiere comedian of the telecom industry, and provides the only dictionary in the world that you will be tempted to read from cover to cover. Harry's writing style is uniquely his, and actually makes learning boring telecom definitions a fun experience. Besides general telecom definitions, you will also find many terms relating to computers, computer telephony, the Internet, investing, electronics and more. An amazing accomplishment. You will not only understand what a word means when you read the definition, but will likely understand the concept behind it as well. This book goes well beyond the definitions provided in any other dictionary of its type. No other dictionary in the telecom, computing or electronics industries comes anywhere close to Harry Newton's Telecom Dictionary in either scope or depth. The book is currently in its 18th edition, and is still going strong. It has three brand-new sections: 119 Best Money-Saving Tips: How to Save on Telecom, PC and Internet Expenses, Hot and New in Telecom: Best Ideas, Products and Industry Directions, and Disaster Planning: How to Maximize the Reliability of Your Telecom Network. This book truly belongs on the bookshelf of everyone in the telecom industry. It's worth every penny, and is pound-for-pound the best telecom book I have ever read.
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