You mean there's not a "Building an ISP for Dummies" book?

Listen out there, NANOG members--big royalty opportunity here

;-)

(Sorry, folks--there are days when I just can't resist my most evil
impulses).
Bill Goldstein
Senior Internet Specialist
AT&T
wgoldstein@att.com
TEL:(412)642-7288

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   Would anyone have information or knowledge of books, WWW Sites, or
   other
   means that would provide details on constructing a state of the art
   NOC to
   support 75000+ nodes in a LAN/MAN/WAN environment
   
   Thanks in advance
   JC