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The following are hyperlinks to some of the best telecommunications information sources we know of.  We have done our best to categorize them into classifications which make sense to us. 

Last Link verification 05/2008

Hopefully you will find them useful in your web adventures.

The following categories have been created so far:

General Telephony Forums and Specifications  
ATM Telecommunications Market Analysts
Internet Linux Operating Sys & Related 
Resources   Consulting & Small Business
Wireless Telecommunications Training
MPLS, VPLS and G-MPLS Security
Optical Networking Fighting SPAM
Telecom Associations Great Stuff

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CellStream "Great Stuff" Links - these are links to really cool things we use or have seen that we highly recommend you at least look at.

www.speedguide.net - a great way to test the correct TCP settings on your PC for maximum performance
www.tripit.com - a wonderful travel planning tool, especially if you and your work mates travel a lot!
www.blue.popurls.com - the latest and best enterprise IT "all in one" page
www.gizmodo.com - gadgets and gizmo news and analysis!
www.news.com - for news and information on technology
www.zdnet.com - another techie web site for the geek in all of you!
http://www.cnet.com/8300-11455_1-10.html?tag=cnetfd.pdcst - Home of the Buzz Out Loud Podcast
www.engadget.com - another techie and geek haven with news and product info
www.arstechnica.com - great news and technical analysis site
 

General Telephony

http://www.clec-planet.com/index.html - Source for information on CLECs 
http://www.fsanet.net - Full Service Access Network web site (FTTH/PON)
http://www.ieee.org - the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
http://www.isp-planet.com - Source for information in ISPs
http://www.nacse.com - National Association of Communications Systems Engineers  
http://www.osa.org - Optical Society of America web site
http://www.pcia.com - Personal Communications Industry Association
http://www.regulate.org - ITU Regulatory Colloquium - news on changes in regulatory environment
http://www.telecom.eu.org - Europe's telecom and Internet users group
http://www.telcoexchange.com - look up services availability and pricing by area code
http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/~wand/ - project to specify and implement a wireless access system for ATM
http://www.tiaonline.org - the Telecommunications Industry Association online site

Forums and Specifications

http://web.ansi.org - American National Standards Institute
http://www.atmforum.com - home of the ATM'ers
http://www.adsl.com - home of the ADSL crowd
http://www.aspindustry.org - ASP Industry Consortium web site
http://www.bioapi.org - BioAPI Consortium home page
http://www.biometrics,org - US Governments Biometric Consortium web site
http://www.broadbandforum.com - white papers, history, and much more for the Cable Industry
http://www.cauce.org - the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
http://www.cert.org - non profit CERT Coordination Center - intrusion incidence and more security stuff
http://csrstds.com - Communications Standards Review - publishes standards
http://www.davic.org - Digital Audio Visual Council
http://www.disa.org - Data Interchange Standards Association web site
http://www.ectf.org - Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum
http://www.ema.org - Electronic Messaging Association
http://www.etsi.org - European Telecommunications Standards Institute
http://www.fcc.gov - the Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fibrechannel.com - Fiber Channel Industry Association
http://www.frforum.com - home of the Frame Relay'ers
http://www.fols.org - Fiber Optics LAN section of the TIA 
http://www.fsoalliance.com - Free Space Optics Alliance
http://www.gigabit-ethernet.org - dedicated to gigabit ethernet - white papers and more
http://www.gnu.org - The Free Software Foundation
http://www.gtld-mou.org - the Generic Top Level Domain MOU group
http://www.gocsi.com - Computer Security Institute
http://www.gvf.org - Global VSAT Forum 
http://www.hiperlan2.com - HiperLAN2 global forum
http://www.icsa.net - International Computer Security Association
http://www.iec.ch - International Electrotechnical Commission
http://www.ietf.org
- Internet Engineering Task Force - homebase for the Net heads!
http://www.imc.org - Internet Mail Consortium - all you need to know about internet mail!
http://www.infinibandta.org - InfiniBand Trade Association
http://www.ip-centrex.org - home of IP Centrex and voice over IP information
http://www.ipmulticast.com - place to learn all about IP Multicast concepts, products, events
http://www.iptelephony.org - home of IP telephony and Voice over IP information
http://www.isc.org - Internet Software Consortium
http://www.itu.org - International Telecommunications Union
http://global.ihs.com - the one-stop source for all technical specifications
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/ - The Metro Ethernet Forum
http://www.msforum.org - Multiswitch Forum, dedicated to such issues as management and QoS across multiple switch platforms
http://www.msua.org - the Mobile Satellite Users Association web site
http://www.nssn.org - National Standards System Network (NSSI) we site
http://www.opensource.com - Open Source Software Organization
http://www.oss-institute.org - The Open Source Software Institute
http://www.pcca.org - Portable Computing and Communications Association
http://www.pcsdata.com - details on PCS and apps run by Intel
http://www.pkiforum.com - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Forum web site across multiple switch platforms
http://www.sans.org - the Storage Area Network S Institute
http://www.scia.org - Smart Card Industry Association web site
http://www.snia.org - the Storage Networking Industry Association
http://www.uddi.com - the Universal Description Discovery and Integration protocol community
http://www.w3.org - Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Distribution Language (WSDL) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) specs found here - the World Wide Web Consortium
http://www.webdav.org - Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
http://www.ws-i.org - The Web services Interoperability Organization home
http://www.xml.org - Extensible Markup Language home

MPLS, VPLS and G-MPLS

http://www.iec.org/tutorials/mpls/ - free MPLS Tutorial from Trillium
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/ - The Metro Ethernet Forum
http://www.riverstonenet.com/pdf/MPLS-IIR-Presentation.pdf- River Stone Networks paper on deploying MPLS in Metropolitan Area Networks
 

ATM

http://www.atmforum.com - home of the ATM'ers
http://www.convergedigest.com - formerly ATM New Digest - good resource on ATM news
http://www.iec.org/tutorials/atm_test/ - ATM Testing tutorial 
http://www.iec.org/tutorials/atm_fund/ -  tutorial on ATM fundamentals
http://www.techguide.com - guides to Inverse Multiplexing and Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA)
http://www.ultranet.com/~dhudek/junidemo1.shtml - A wonderful Java-based applet demonstrating signaling

Optical Networking

http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~bilgen/AltanK.htm - Links to some papers on optical routing in WDM
http://www.gesmallworld.com/english/products/whitepapers/Dense_WDM_paper.pdf - A paper on WDM technology
http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~grover/ - some great information on mesh networking, 50msec switch time and more
http://lw.pennnet.com/Articles/article_display.cfm?Section=Articles&ARTICLE_ID=77930&Publication_ID=13 - an early article on MP"lambda Switching"
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Introducing DWDM by Cisco
SONET 101 by Nortel
Fundamentals of SONET
SONET Pocket Guide
SONET Primer
All-Optical Networking Consortium
MEMS Resources
MEMS Research at Bell Labs
MEMS Clearinghouse
Introduction to Micro Engineering

 

Internet

http://aspnews.com - recent developments in the ASP industry can be found here
http://www.caida.org - Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis 
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html - lists all known viruses plus details
http://www.cpcup.org/user/jlacombe/search.html - over 50 search engines - the site to start your Internet hunt
http://www.dogpile.com - the search engine of search engines - saves major time and effort!
http://www.eff.org - Electronic Frontier Foundation - protection of free speech on the Internet
http://www.epic.org - Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.gilc.org - the Global Internet Liberty Campaign
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/mpls-charter.html - MPLS working group at the IETF
INIPPowered.com - INtelligent Internet Protocol ­ taking interoperability solutions out of the lab and into the network!
http://www.internet2.org - The Internet 2 - Project Abilene - home page
http://www.isi.edu - look for free RSVP client code on this site!
http://infonet.aist-nara.ac.jp/member/nori-d/mlr/ - a superb comparison of tag/cell switching and tons of other places and resources of said subjects
http://www.internettrafficreport.com - Andover's Internet Traffic Report
http://www.junkbusters.com - dedicated to privacy on the internet with lots of free stuff
http://www.internet2.org - The Internet 2 - Project Abilene - home page
http://www.junkbusters.com - dedicated to privacy on the internet with lots of free stuff
http://www.mae.net - Traffic statistics for Metropolitan Area Exchanges
http://www.privacy.org - Privacy International - a human rights group dedicated to privacy
http://www.privacybot.com - automated system to apply for an online privacy seal
http://sellitontheweb.com - 10 point guide to creating a successful e-commerce site
http://www.thelist.internet.com - Lists the ISP's and lot's of information about them
http://www.tracert.com - play with a multiple tracert gateway here!
http://www.ureach.com - get your own free 8XX number at this site!
http://www.w3c.org - World Wide Web Consortium
http://www.zonelabs.com - has a free, easy-to-use firewall for Windows 95 and Windows 98 at this site

ADVANCED INTERNET ACTIVITIES

http://www.internet2.edu
http://www.ukerna.ac.uk (UK)
http://www.dfn.de (Germany)
http://www.renater.fr (France)
http://www.surfnet.nl (The Netherlands)
http://www.singaren.net.sg (Singapore)
http://www.canet3.net (Canada)
http://www.cudi.edu.mx (Mexico)
http://www.reuna.cl (Chile)
http://www.startap.net (International Peering)

GIGAPOP SITES

http://www.cenic.org California's CENIC/CalREN2
http://www.pnw-gigapop.net The Pacific Northwest
http://www.greatplains.net The Great Plains Network
http://www.sox.net The Southern Crossroads
http://www.mren.org MREN
http://www.ncni.net North Carolina
http://www.nox.org The Northern Crossroads
http://www.magpi.net Philadelphia area Magpi
http://www.ncne.net Pitsburgh NCNE
http://www.nysernet.org New York

Wireless

http://www.3gip.org - the third generation IP wireless project alliance
http://www.3gpp.org - Third Generation Partnership Project alliance
http://www.bluetooth.com - the Bluetooth Special Interest Group
http://www.cdg.org - the CDMA Development Group 
http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/ - the unofficial i-mode FAQ site
http://www.gsmworld.com - The GSM Association
http://www.gsmdata.com - run by Intel - more details on GSM in general
http://www.locationforum.org - The wireless Location Industry Forum for interoperability
http://www.mcpc-jp.org - The Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium
http://www.mobileadvisory.org - the Mobile Advisory Council
http://www.opengroup.com - the web site of the Open Group
http://www.pcca.org - the Portable Computer and Communications Association
http://www.umts-forum.org - UMTS Forum home
http://www.uwcc.org - home of the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium
http://www.wapforum.org - Wireless Application Protocol Forum
http://www.wardriving.com - another site on wireless security issues
http://www.wcai.com - Wireless Communications Association
http://www.wirelessdata.org - Technology primers, market index, and covergae maps maintained by the WAP Forum
http://www.wirelessethernet.org - Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
http://www.wlana.org - The Wireless LAN Alliance
http://www.wow-com.com - The Cellular Telecom Industry Association web site

Security

http://www.av.ibm.com - the history and evolution of viruses from IBM
http://www.cert.org - find out about security problems on the Internet here  
http://www.cybercrime.gov - US Government site tracking cyber crimes
http://www.doshelp.com - information, tips, and data on Denial of Service attacks 
http://www.emergency.com/fbi-nccs.htm - FBI Computer Crime Squad
http://www.f-secure.com - the "Global Palm Virus Information Center"
http://www.hackfix.org - Non profit organization dedicated to Trojan fixes
http://www.infosecuritymag.com - the magazines' web site - good source of info
http://www.insecure.org - great scanning tool called Nmap at this web site! 
http://www.isca.com
- International Computer Security Association home
http://www.issa.com - the Information Systems Security Association web site 
http://www.ngssoftware.com - David Litchfield's site
http://www.owasp.org - Input filters for Web server applications
http://www.password-crackers.com - news, FAQs, and downloads for password cracking programs
http://www.sans.com - offers security information and training - the SANS Institute
http://www.sarc.com - Symantec's webs site w/database of all known viruses
http://www.securityfocus.com - tools and a technically oriented digest in their Bugtraq section
http://www.silicondefense.com - IDS appliance based on SNORT
http://www.snort.org - home of the free/open source Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
http://www.sourcefire.com - IDS appliance based on SNORT
http://www.trojanscanner.com - offer free online scanner that probes TCP ports
http://www.vmyths.com - web site that demystifies the virus threat issues 
http://www.web-police.com - Internet crime fighting organization

Fighting SPAM

http://www.spamhaus.org - The Spamhaus Project tracking products and vendors and efforts to fight SPAM

Telecommunications Training

http://www.find-computer-schools.com - lists certification schools
http://www.globalknowledge.com - technology training for telecommunications
http://www.gocertify.com - comprehensive list of computer certification info 
http://www.MyTrainingBroker.com - helps IT professionals locate certification boot camps
http://www.techtionary.com - an animated technical dictionary on-line and free
http://www.webtorials.com
- Web Based Tutorials on Telecommunications related topics

Consulting and Small Business

http://www.1-Host.com - The BEST web hosting service from our selection process!
http://www.aicpa.org
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
http://www.bcentral.com - advertise/promote and grow your web presence here
http://www.chamberbiz.com - small business marketplace portal
http://www.efax.com - a FREE fax number for your business - delivered via the Internet!! 
http://www.gigalaw.com - a great legal advice site with lots of content, services, links
http://www.hoffice.com - Home Office home page
http://www.onvia.com - central trading exchange for small business portal
http://www.techintl.com - Need a CE mark on your product?  Everything you need for conformance and make sure you tell them we sent you!!!
http://www.zonelabs.com - has a free, easy-to-use firewall for Windows 95 and Windows 98 at this site
Microsoft Smallbiz - Microsoft's small business products center

Resources

http://www.56k.com - dialup vs. broadband comparisons and much more
http://www.arbinet.com - Glocal Clearing House for carrier capacity!
http://www.aplion.com - some good VPN white papers available here
http://www.asqc.org - American Society for Quality
http://www.bcr.com - Business Communications Review
http://www.bluetooth.com - Home of The Bluetooth Special Interest Group - lots of technology info
http://www.boardwatch.com - ISP information, historical and much more
http://www.byteandswitch.com - taxonomies, reports, and breaking news
http://www.burtongroup.com - analyst source of directories and DSML
http://www.cabledatacomnews.com - service statistics, monthly reports on cable service industry from Kinetic Strategies Inc. (Phoenix)
http://www.cablelabs.com - R&D consortium with test results and tutorials
http://www.cablemodem.com - carries the technical specs for cable modem services
http://www.cetj,com - Windows CE Technical Journal
http://www.certicom.com - white papers on elliptic curve encryption
http://www.copernic.com - home of the absolute best web search tool we have seen!
http://www.cultdeadcow.com - Back Orifice 2000
http://www.currentanalysis.com - source for analyst reports - subscription based
http://www.dslprime.com - DSL insight, information and more
http://www.dslreports.com - general info on DSL  
http://www.evaluatorgroup.com  - White papers, and more
http://www.freenet6.net - Learn more about IPv6 here at this site
http://www.hive4telecom.com - The Telecom Bee Hive - resources for Telecom professionals
http://www.homerf.org - 2.4GHz Home LAN
http://www.internet.com/home-d.html - Internet articles and events for IT managers
http://www.internettelephony.com - Telephony Magazine
http://www.InternetList.com - Lets visitors generate a list of ISP's in their area code plus lot's more
http://www.isi.edu - University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
http://www.isplist.com - Directory of ISPs plus more
http://www.itu.int/imt/ - Info on IMT-2000
http://www.lantimes.com/ - LAN Times magazine home page
http://www.lightreading.com - reports, information and sources for optical and wireless
http://mailabuse.org - the Mail Abuse Prevention System for blackholing email spammers
http://metalab.unc.edu - UNC Chapel Hill, NC - Sunsite
http://www.nsf.gov - National Science Foundation
http://www.nist.gov - National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.outsourcing.com - the Outsourcing Institute
http://www.pannaway.com - A Superb Triple Play solution set
http://www.porcupine.org - Wietse Venema's web site (computer security expert)
http://www.pulver.com - Voice over IP source information and more
http://polygraph.ircache.net - Web Polygraph, free benchmarking SW for web proxy systems
http://www.raid-advisory.com - the Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks advisory web site 
http://www.s3.kth.se/radio/4GW - research project run by Swedish Royal Institute of Technology
http://www.scheduleonline.com - put your monthly planner on line and retrieve it from anywhere
http://www.searchstorage.com - news, analysis, tutorials, overviews and lots of other telecom stuff
http://www.securitywatch.com - stay current on security and security issues in telecom/internet 
http://www.slaughterhouse.com - provides reviews and downloads of open source software
http://www.spamhaus.org - Steve Linford's anti-spam crusade www headquarters
httP://www.techguide.com - White papers and technology information on everything communications 
http://www.teledotcom.com - Tele.com Magazine
http://www.telecomweb.com - an online telecom magazine type site, news and more
http://www.teleworth.com - complete analysis of service provider rate plans
http://www.virtela.com - a great IPSEC VPN tutorial is available here
http://www.webreview.com - lots of interesting review information
 

Linux Operating System and Related Topics

http://www.ibm.com/developer/linux - IBM's developer site for Linux
http://www.linux.com - educational site supporting Linux
http://www.linuxworld.com - LinuxWorld Magazine
http://www.lwn.net - Linux Weekly News web site
http://www.lpi.org - Linux Professional Institute
http://www.linuxtoday.com - Linux Today - resources for the Linux professional
http://www.lwn.net - Linux Weekly News web site
http://www.lpi.org - Linux Professional Institute
http://www.linuxtoday.com - Linux Today - resources for the Linux professional

Telecommunications Associations

National Telephone Associations

Eastern Rural Telephone Association (ERTA)
National Telephone Cooperative Association (NTCA)
NRTC
OPASTCO
TIA
United State Telecom Association (USTA)


State Telephone Associations

Alabama-Mississippi Independent Telephone Association
Alaska Telephone Association
Arizona-New Mexico Telephone Association
Arkansas Telecommunications Association
Association of Minnesota Telephone Utilities
California Telephone Association
Carolina-Virginias Telephone Membership Association Inc.
Colorado Telecommunications Association
Florida Telecommunications Industry Association
Georgia Telephone Association
Idaho Chapter Rocky Mountain Telephone Association
Illinois Independent Telephone Association
Illinois Telecommunications Association
Indiana Telecommunications Association Inc.
Iowa Telecommunications Association
Kansas Telecommunications Association
Kentucky Telephone Association
Louisiana Telephone Association
Michigan Exchange Carriers Association Inc.
Minnesota Telephone Association
Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association
Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems Inc.
Montana Telephone Association
Nebraska Telephone Association
Nevada Telecommunications Association
New Hampshire Telephone Association
New York State Telecommunications Association Inc.
North Carolina Alliance of Independent Telephone Companies
North Carolina Telephone Association
North Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives
North Dakota Telephone Association
Ohio State Local Exchange Carriers Association
Oklahoma Telephone Association
Oregon Telecommunications Association
Pennsylvania Telephone Association
Rocky Mountain Telecommunications Association Inc.
Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association
South Carolina Telephone Association
South Dakota Associaiton of Telephone Cooperatives
South Dakota Independent Telephone Coalition
South Dakota Telephone Association
State Independent Telephone Association of Kansas
Telecommunications Association of Michigan
Telephone Association of Maine
Telephone Association of Vermont
Telephone Cooperatives of Indiana Inc.
Tennessee Rural Communications Cooperative Association
Tennessee Telecommunications Association
Texas Statewide Telehone Cooperative
Texas Telephone Association
Utah Rural Telecom Association
Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association
Washington Independent Telephone Association
West Virginia Telecommunications Association
Western Rural Telephone Association
Wisconsin Locally Owned Telephone Association
Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association
Wisconsin Statewide Telephone Cooperative Association
Wyoming Telephone Association
 

Telecommunications Market Analysts

http://www.aberdeen.com - Aberdeen Group 
http://www.bwcs.com - BWCS Consulting and Publishing with a daily 3G email svc. 
http://www.dataquest.com - Dataquest, Inc.
http://www.delloro.com - Dell'Oro Group
http://www.forrester.com - Forrester Research Inc.
http://www.freedoniagroup.com - Freedonia Group
http://www.frost.com - Frost & Sullivan
http://www.gartner.com - Gartner Group
http://www.idresearch.com - International Data Corp.
http://www.infonetics.com - Infonetics Research
http://www.instat.com - In-Stat
http://www.ovum.com - Ovum Inc.
http://www.tbg.com - The Burton Group
http://www.telechoice.com - Telechoice, Inc.
http://www.verticalsystems.com - Vertical Systems Group
http://www.yankeegroup.com - The Yankee Group

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