Telecommunications Survival Guide: Understanding and Applying Telecommunications Technologies to Save Money and to Develop New Business
Author: Pete Moulton
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0130281360
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (19 December, 2000)
Sales Rank: 360,439
Average Customer Rating: 1.8 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
Auful, Horrible, Full of Errors, Waste of Money!
...After reviewing the text and the associated Training CD I could not believe this ...ever got published. I found numerouse errors, omissions, and misinformation.In conclusion...I'll steer clear of any thing these authors publish in the future.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Convoluted and full of mistakes
The minimum requirement for a technology-oriented book would be that it gets the technology right. The Telecommunications Survival Guide does not pass this test. There are plenty of errors in there, some of them on a very conceptual level. For example, the authors confuse connection-oriented service with circuit switched service. These concepts are so basic, that they really should not be confused by any expert in the field.The writing style is supposed to be casual and funny, which is a good approach, however, often the text is somehow convoluted. Concepts are badly explained, and even in the examples it is sometimes hard to figure out what the authors are getting at.
Overall comment: Not recommended at all, I'd give zero stars if there were the option.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Convoluted and full of mistakes
The least one must expect from a "telecommunications survival guide" is that it got the facts right. This book does not pass the test. The authors get simple things wrong, which makes me wonder whether they have sufficient competency to write such a book. For example, they state that circuit switched service is the same as connectionless service. Gentlemen, this is fundamentally wrong!
Moreover, the entire book is somewhat convoluted and confusing. Sometimes I had a hard time to grasp what the authors are trying to get at.
I doubt that the Professor who wrote the positive review below has really read the book.
I strongly discourage anybody to buy this book. Similar Products
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