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General Reference
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The Universal Troubleshooting Process
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10 step troubleshooting sequence, troubleshooting myths, and other troubleshooting tips
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http://www.troubleshooters.com/tuni.htm
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Internet FAQ Consortium
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Complete source for Internet RFCs, Usenet FAQs, and other FAQs. Very useful site.
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http://www.faqs.org/
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Virtual Institute of Information
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"an on-line research facility for independent research in telecommunications and mass media" - Free Service
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http://www.vii.org/
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Telecoms Virtual Library
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The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web itself
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http://www.analysys.com/vlib/
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NANPA
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This site provides information about the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and its administration.
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http://www.nanpa.com/
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AreaCode-Info.Com
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Not just area code info. Telephone number news and guides to LEC's and CLEC's too!
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http://www.areacode-info.com/
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World Telephone Numbering Guide (WTNG)
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intended to bring together various website and other Internet links regarding telephone numbering. Area code lists, text articles, news of phone number changes, number-finding forms are listed.
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http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8818/wtng.html
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Long Distance Carrier (IXC) Access Codes
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Great guide to for codes to long distance carriers. You type the code in from of a telephone number instead of a normal "1"
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http://www.shout.net/~wildixon/telecom/ld/pic-codes.html
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Internet Weather Report(IWR)
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The IWRTM presents ongoing animated scans of conditions within the Internet. It is like daily newspaper or television weather radar reports, except instead of being about real world meteorology, it is about conditions inside the Internet itself.
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http://www.mids.org/weather/
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Communications Standards Review
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This site has Acronym definitions but also background on communications standards, meetings, and related information.
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http://www.csrstds.com/index.html
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OUI and company_id Assignments
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IEEE Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) assignments. The three-octet OUI can be used to generate Universal LAN MAC addresses and Protocol Identifiers per ANSI/IEEE Std 802 for use network applications.
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http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/
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Standards Document Library/DISA Center for Standards
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This Library contains selected Information Technology standards and guidance.
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http://www-library.itsi.disa.mil/
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U.S. National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
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Information about the NII which is what politicians call the "information superhighway".
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http://nii.nist.gov/
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555-1212.com
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Yellow pages, white pages, reverse lookup, and I guess a search engine now too.
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http://www.555-1212.com/
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Detailed Information on Technologies
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Telecom Corner Technical Reference Site
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Very detailed site. Main page now has a topic radial dial!!
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http://telecom.tbi.net/
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Telecom Tidbits
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Great info on T1 lines, ISDN, and other telephony tidbits.
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http://www.shout.net/~wildixon/
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techguide.com
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Over 70 comprehensive free guides that focus on: Communications and Networking, Internet Technology, Data Warehousing, Document Management, Enterprise Solutions.
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http://www.techguide.com/index.html
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INIPPowered.com
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INtelligent Internet Protocol - taking interoperability solutions out of the lab and into the network!
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http://www.inippowered.com
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ADSL
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Broadband
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MediaOne Express
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Broadband internet access from MediaOne. Soon to be changed to
MediaOne Road Runner.
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http://www.mediaoneexpress.com/cgi-bin/cfml/home
frame.cfm
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ISDN
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Dan Kegel's ISDN Page
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Links to various informational pages on ISDN. Large list but sort of old.
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http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/isdn/
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Pacific Bell ISDN User's Guide
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Great overview of ISDN
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Modems
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Modems, Modems, Modems - a.k.a The costmo Modems Page
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Self proclaimed "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Modems". Great page.
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http://modems.rosenet.net/
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modems.com
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Zoom Telephonics, Inc. modem reference.
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http://www.modems.com/
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3COM Desktop Modem Products
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Analog, ISDN, and Cable 'modems' as well as network interface devices.
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http://www.usr.com/support/index.html
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3COM Remote Access Concentrators
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3COM's Total Control Multiservice Access Platform.
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http://www.3com.com/solutions/svprovider/products/index.html
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v.90 Stuff
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The best site for v.90 modem strings
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http://www.v90stuff.com/
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3Com V.90 Technology
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Great whitepaper by 3COM on V.90. I have it saved on my site. ;-)
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http://www.kormanworld.net/telecom/3COMV90wp.pdf
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Lucent K56Flex Whitepaper
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Lucent's whitepaper on K56Flex. They don't have one for V.90 specificly
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http://www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex/k56faq.html
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OSPF
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L2TP
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RFC 2661
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The RFC that defines L2TP
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ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2661.txt
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Frame Relay
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Overview of Frame Relay
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A Good Paper describing Frame Relay
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http://www.dcbnet.com/notes/framerly.html/
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T1 Lines
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All You Wanted to Know About T1 But Were Afraid to Ask
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T1 info by Bob Wachtel
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http://www.dcbnet.com/notes/9611t1.html
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T1 Repeatered Line Transmission Engineering
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Extremely detailed chaptered document on the electrical and wiring aspects of T1 lines.
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http://www.laruscorp.com/t1tut.htm
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T1 - a discussion on the T1 transport
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Detailed analysis of how a T1 transports data
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http://www.shout.net/~wildixon/telecom/t1/t1.html
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PSTN
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Rural Telecommunication Regulations
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Great documents in here outlining standards for PSTN!!
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http://www.usda.gov/rus/telephone/regs/regs.shtml
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Home Networking
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Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
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An association of industry-leading companies working together to ensure adoption of a single, unified phoneline networking standard.
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http://www.homepna.org/
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Data Communications Cabling FAQ
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This is the "FAQ" document for the comp.dcom.cabling newsgroup.
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http://www.dcbnet.com/notes/cablingfaq/faq.html
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Grant's Wiring Closet
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Great resource for placing an Ethernet in your home!!!
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http://www.grantscloset.com/
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John's (wiring) Closet
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Another great home Ethernet wiring guide. Use this to get your wire colors straight!!
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http://www.johnscloset.net/
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Cable Depot
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A great place to get CAT5 cabling hardware!!
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http://www.cabledepot.com/
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Telecommunication Companies
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UUNET
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UUNET, the Internet services division of MCI WorldCom.
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http://www.uunet.com/
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3COM
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Networking and dial-up equipment manufacturer. The also sell Network Management software.
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http://www.3com.com/
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GL Communications Inc.
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Manufacture T1/E1 Test equipment.
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http://www.gl.com/
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TTC
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Global leader in telecom test products, test systems, software and support services.
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http://www.ttc.com/index1.html
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NTT
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation,
THE
telephone company in Japan
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http://www.ntt.co.jp/
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Shiva
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Apparently Intel bought this company. Great resource library!
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http://www.europe.shiva.com/
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Carriers
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WorldCom
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MCI WorldCom is a global business telecommunications company. Operating in more than 65 countries. With Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes as their sponsors they can't lose.
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http://www.wcom.com/home.shtml
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Adelphia Communications
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Formerly Hyperion Communications. In 1952, John Rigas and his brother, Gus, established one of the nation's first cable television systems in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. They called their company "Adelphia," Greek for brother, symbolizing their commitment to family and customer service.
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http://www.adelphia.net/
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AT&T
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AT&T Corporation self-proclaims that they are the largest direct Internet service provider to consumers. I am not sure how they figure that.
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http://www.att.com/
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AT&T Canada
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AT&T Canada Inc. is Canada's self-proclaimed largest facilities-based competitive voice, data and Internet telecommunications provider.
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http://www.attcanada.com/
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Bell Atlantic
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Seperate pages for Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. can be found. Wow, their spokesperson is James Earl Jones and guides you thru their site.
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http://www.bellatlantic.com/
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BellSouth | BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BST), with headquarters in Atlanta, provides telecommunications services within the BellSouth region. BST does business in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. |
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| Cincinatti Bell
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Cincinnati Bell Inc. is an integrated provider of advanced local, long distance, directory, wireless, Internet, and broadband communications services and equipment to residents and businesses in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, and in selected other Midwest cities. The company's principal subsidiary is Cincinnati Bell Telephone, one of the nation's largest independent telecommunications companies with more than 1 million access lines.
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http://www.cinbelltel.com/
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Cox Communications(Fiber)
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Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc. has 1,000's of miles of fiber plant in the U.S.
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http://www.cox.com/Fibernet/
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Espire Communications, Inc.
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e.spire offers a wide range of high quality local telephone services, as well as domestic and international long distance.
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http://www2.espire.net/index2.cfm
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Frontier Communications
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Frontier Communication (NYSE:FRO), is a leading provider of integrated communications services -- including Internet, IP and data applications, long distance, local telephone and wireless -- to business customers nationwide.
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http://www.frontiercorp.com/
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GTE
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GTE Communications Corporation: CLEC, Long distance, digital cable, etc. No cool spokesperson!
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http://www.gte.com/
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ICG Communications
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CG Telecom Group, Inc. is a leading competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), with clustered, regional networks in California, Colorado, Texas, the Ohio Valley and the Southeastern United States. Additionally, we operate fiber-optic, local telephone and data networks in Texas and the Southeast, including Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
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http://www.icgcomm.com/
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Pacific Bell
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California Telco. Part of SBC Communications which operates under some of the strongest brands in the industry: Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, Nevada Bell, Cellular One and SNET.
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http://www.pacbell.com/
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Southwestern Bell
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Southwestern Bell provides a full range of telecommunications services to our customers under the Southwestern Bell brand name in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Part of SBC Communications which operates under some of the strongest brands in the industry: Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, Nevada Bell, Cellular One and SNET.
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http://www.swbell.com/
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TCG - AT&T Local
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The TCG site now just has a link to
http://www.att.com/business/
since becoming AT&T local telephone services.
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http://www.tcg.com/
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Time-Warner Inc.
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Good luck finding information on their main site. Try
http://www.twarner.com/
for Time-Warner Communications.
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http://www.pathfinder.com/corp/
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USWest
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USWest (NYSE: USW) provides a full range of telecommunications services - including wireline, wireless PCS, data networking, directory and information services - to more than 25 million customers nationally and in 14 western and midwestern states.
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http://www.uswest.com/
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NTT
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation,
THE
telephone company in Japan
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http://www.ntt.co.jp/
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