telecom@bu-cs.BU.EDU (TELECOM Moderator) (01/02/89)
Four publications I've found to be useful for telecommunications people are listed below. You may already subscribe to one or more of them. TELECONNECT - A Monthly Telecommunications Magazine This general news and features magazine is published monthly by Telecom Library, Inc. A one year subscription (12 issues) is $15. Harry Newton is the editor, and his writing is quite good. Telecom Library, Inc. is located at 12 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010. They prefer to receive mail and editorial submissions on their free email system at 212-989-4675. (300/1200). TPT Networking Management This rather technical publication devoted its December, 1988 issues to articles on 'Baby Bells look for a new image', 'Overview of X.25 Systems', 'Timing is Everything in Network Strategy', and 'Will FTS-2000 arrive by the millennium?'. In this last article, columnist John Gantz talks about the US Government's 'fumbling and bumbling in the telephone business'. Published monthly, subscriptions are free to qualified recipients. It is published by Penn-Well Publishing Company, 1421 South Sheridan, Tulsa, OK 74112. Editorial and production offices are in Westford, MA at 508-692-0700. Telecom Gear This is a sort of 'shopper newspaper' specializing in sometimes hard to find telecom equipment and supplies. It is free, and published monthly, typically with 150-200 pages of advertising from all sorts of mail order houses which specialize in telecom stuff. If you subscribe to TELECONNET (see above) then you automatically get TELECOM GEAR it seems. The best way to describe this publication is to compare it to 'Computer Shopper'. It has many of the same kinds of ads for buying/selling used equipment, etc. Their address is Telecom Gear, 1265 Industrial Highway, Southampton, PA 18966. U.S. Telecom Digest No, this is NOT the 'print edition' of what you are reading now. It is a rather expensive (at $109 for 23 issues per year, bi-weekly) newsletter which seems to have good, thorough and accurate reports on a wide variety of telecom-related issues. They provide very extensive coverage of telecom legal matters; they report in great detail on pending legislation and FCC activities relating to telecommunications. Their address is -- U.S. Telecom Digest, 1101 King St. Suite 444, Alexandria, VA 22314. I read other telecom-related publications, but I would say the above four are 'must-reads' for me. The others I get to as time permits each month. Patrick Townson