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From: reggie@dinsdale.paradyne.com (George W. Leach)
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Subject: Re: History of Communications Networks
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Date: 8 Jun 90 17:48:41 GMT
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When I started my first tour of duty with the pre-divestiture Bell 
System, I was required to take a course in Basic Telephony.  I wish 
I still have the book, I forget what the title and author were.

There is a book: "Engineering and Operations in the Bell System", 
published by AT&T Bell Labs.  I have the 1st (1977) and 2nd (1983)
editions.  I don't know if another one has been published since by
AT&T (I went to Bellcore at divestiture).  For the 1983 edition,
the info is:

	ISBN 0-932764-04-5
	AT&T Customer Information Center (CIC) Select Code 500-478

	Call the CIC at 1-800-432-6600

There is always the AT&T Technical Journal (formerly called
the Bell Labs Technical Journal and before that the Bell System 
Technical Journal).  They started publishing back in the 20's or 
thereabouts.  There must be something during all those years on 
the history of the phone system.

George W. Leach