At 16:01 -0500 3/21/98, Andrew Metcalf wrote:

On Saturday, March 21, 1998 2:31 PM, Howard C. Berkowitz [SMTP:hcb@clark.net] wrote:

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I think I'd disagree with that. Where would all you folks be if you never picked up a book? You wouldn't be reading this list. Seriously, while there's not an ORA "How to Build a NOC" book with some cute animal on the cover, there is some information out there worth reading. <>snip<> Excellent observation. There was a text, _Engineering and Operations in

At 14:51 -0500 3/16/98, Charles Sprickman wrote: the Bell System_, that gave some good operational experience. With divestiture, I'm not sure who took it over. I vaguely remember that _Transmission Systems for Communications_ went to AT&T Bell Labs, and E&O went to Bellcore.

The Bellcore information superstore has a lot of planning titles: http://bigbird.bellcore.com/ido/

andrew

Thanks. I ran some searches and it appears either the book is out of print or they handed it off to someone else. I suspect the former.