Fundamentals of Telecommunications 1
Production year 1999. Length 104 minutes. VHS-NTSC format. 64-page 8.5" x 11" softcover bound workbook.

It all starts with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS). We'll begin with the basics of telephony: loops, trunks, circuits, analog, the voiceban... fundamentals which are key to understanding of newer technologies and services. With this framework in place, we'll review the telecommunications industry and understand how Local Exchange Carriers connect to Interexchange Carriers, and common telecom service offerings. To complete the first video course, we take a practical journey through different types of equipment. We'll review switches, PBXs, Centrex, multiplexers and routers, as well as ancillary equipment like ACDs, voice mail and interactive voice response (IVR) systems.

The topics in this video course - how the telephone system and industry work, and analog circuits, provide the essential foundation on which everything else, including digital communications, data circuits and networking are built.

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Telephony
1.03 The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
1.05 Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS)
1.07 What is Sound?
1.09 The Voiceband
1.11 DTMF Address Signaling

Chapter 2 The Telecommunications Industry
2.03 US Domestic Telcos
2.05 Canadian Telephone Companies
2.07 PSTN Hierarchy Before Deregulation
2.09 Accessing The Interexchange Carriers
2.11 Local Voice Services
2.13 Other Voice Services Illustrated
2.15 Long Distance Voice Services

Chapter 3 Telecom Equipment
3.03 Telephone Network Revisited
3.05 Telephone Switches
3.07 Centrex vs. PBX
3.09 PBX Trunks vs. WATS Trunks
3.11 Voice Mail and Voice Response Systems
3.13 Other Equipment: Multiplexers and Routers

Appendix A References
A.03 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix B Quiz
B.03 Knowledge Evaluation Exercise

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		Fundamentals of Telecommunications 1 Production year 1999. Length 104 minutes. VHS-NTSC format. 64-page 8.5" x 11" softcover bound workbook. It all starts with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS). We'll begin with the basics of telephony: loops, trunks, circuits, analog, the voiceban... fundamentals which are key to understanding of newer technologies and services. With this framework in place, we'll review the telecommunications industry and understand how Local Exchange Carriers connect to Interexchange Carriers, and common telecom service offerings. To complete the first video course, we take a practical journey through different types of equipment. We'll review switches, PBXs, Centrex, multiplexers and routers, as well as ancillary equipment like ACDs, voice mail and interactive voice response (IVR) systems. The topics in this video course - how the telephone system and industry work, and analog circuits, provide the essential foundation on which everything else, including digital communications, data circuits and networking are built. Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Telephony 1.03 The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 1.05 Plain Ordinary Telephone Service (POTS) 1.07 What is Sound? 1.09 The Voiceband 1.11 DTMF Address Signaling Chapter 2 The Telecommunications Industry 2.03 US Domestic Telcos 2.05 Canadian Telephone Companies 2.07 PSTN Hierarchy Before Deregulation 2.09 Accessing The Interexchange Carriers 2.11 Local Voice Services 2.13 Other Voice Services Illustrated 2.15 Long Distance Voice Services Chapter 3 Telecom Equipment 3.03 Telephone Network Revisited 3.05 Telephone Switches 3.07 Centrex vs. PBX 3.09 PBX Trunks vs. WATS Trunks 3.11 Voice Mail and Voice Response Systems 3.13 Other Equipment: Multiplexers and Routers Appendix A References A.03 Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix B Quiz B.03 Knowledge Evaluation Exercise [library/footer_menu.htm]