Customer Reviews

Telephone Switching Systems

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If you want to know all about telephone switching systems, this book is a must. This is the most detail book I 've ever read. And most important,this book is fun to read. I really like this book. The downside of this book is its price, but I think it is worth every penny.

This is a "the real deal" book for beginner in switching and telephony world. Although this book requires some preliminary knowledge of North American industrial telephony standards and understanding, the author tried (as best as he could) to explain everything in details. There are no skipped topics, to be concerned.

However, in many times the author explained things too wordy. Those wordy explaination could somewhat derail some readers. I sometimes skip some topics to read the next, but then I have to come back to get better understanding. I wish that the author could illustrate more his explanation. Giving more pictures and tables I think would increase the reader's understanding. But anyway, this is a good book and should be owned by anybody who need "the next step" out of ordinary telephony understanding.

This is the Bible on Telephone Systems and it only took 100 years to write. I was searching for a long time for such a book only to be disappointed time and again. From beginner to expert the book has something for everyone and goes into great detail about topics not usually found elsewhere like switching fabrics and photonics as applied to formal telecom. Dr. Thompson has created the defacto standard reference for the true, hardcore, telecom professional and others who seek to enter this domain. I would recommend the book specifically to those in or entering the field of Voice over IP to gain a solid perspective on what they will be dealing with when it comes to convergence.

If you want to know all about telephone switching systems, this book is a must. This is the most detail book I 've ever read. And most important, this book is fun to read. I really like this book. The downside of this book is its price, but I think it is worth every penny.

Don't waste your money on this tome if you're a beginner like myself. However, if you are a professional, this would be a great reference to have on your desk. A more detailed book on telephone switches probably doesn't exist.

For beginners, the author really provided way too much detail. His writing style is very bland. In order to understand the dense material, you have to follow the words very carefully, and then you probably would doze off. Like the other reviewer, I find the density of material counterproductive and impenetrable.