The Day the Phones Stopped RingingLeonard Lee

The Day the Phones Stopped Ringing

by Leonard Lee · first published 1992

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  • pacificmint · Aug 30, 2020 · Recommends

    Probably not the book you are thinking off, since it’s just about the AT&T incident, but “The Day the Phones Stopped Ringing” by Leonard Lee is a detailed description of the event. It’s been many years since I read it, but I recall it being a very interesting read.

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  • pacificmint · Feb 5, 2023 · Recommends

    If some one wants to read a lot more details an out this incident, there is book about it. It’s been a decade or two since I read it, but I remember it being well written. ‘The Day the Phones Stopped Ringing’ by Leonard Lee

  • acadiel · Feb 5, 2023 · Mentions

    > ‘The Day the Phones Stopped Ringing’ by Leonard Lee Definitely going to look into this! The whole *ESS architecture still underpins a lot of the telephony system. There are quite a few still running, even though other TDM equipment is…

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