Understanding telephone electronics
by Stephen J. Bigelow · first published 2001
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…useful things. You can always beige-box a landline phone, violet-boxes should still work, I think a gold-box would still work, etc. If you want to dig deeper into how the PSTN works, a good, fun book is Understanding Telephone Electronics[8] by Carr, Winder, and Bigelow. Another interesting one is Digital Telephony[9] by Bellamy. Another "oldie but goodie" is Voice and Data Communications Handbook[10] by Bates and Gregory. Also, don't…
on “I made 50k calls to explore the telephone network” ↗Check out: Introduction to Telephones and Telephone Systems (3rd Ed.) by A. Michael Noll: A great system-level overview covering instruments, transmission media, switching, and signaling. Understanding Telephone Electronics by Carr, Winder, & Bigelow: Focuses on the electronic components and workings of telephone systems.
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