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PodSnacks: Local Number Portability (LNP)

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/lnp.mp3
Trevor recently sent me this little snippet of audio, in which one of our retired instructors gives you a primer on local number portability (LNP). The audio is part of one of our original ExperTech titles, but the basic technology and explanation remain Read More...

PodSnacks: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/sip.mp3
Today, Paul gets back into the mix and talks to us a bit about the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). As the name implies, this TCP/IP protocol is designed to establish sessions between two systems, and to negotiate the parameters of these sessions, in Read More...

PodSnacks: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC)

Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/clec.mp3
The Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) is not alone in any given market area. In most market areas, the ILEC faces one or more Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC). Today, Paul gives you some insights into the definition of the term CLEC and Read More...

PodSnacks: Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC)

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/ilec.mp3
Now that we know what a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) is (based on yesterday's post), might as well explore more of the LEC regulatory picture. Today, Paul gives you some insights into the definition of the term a Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) Read More...

PodSnacks: Local Exchange Carrier (LEC)

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/lec.mp3
We're going to head down the regulatory highway, and provide a definition for some pretty basic terms in telecommunications. Today, the word is Local Exchange Carrier (LEC). Paul gives you not only a definition, but also gives you a bit of a historical Read More...

PodSnacks: Twisted Pair (TP)

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Let's go down to the wires. Today, Paul will go through some of the history and basic characteristics of twisted pair . You can listen to (or download) the PodSnack by clicking here , or you can use the Flash player below. If you have an idea or request Read More...

PodSnacks: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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We recently talked about the difference between a T-1 and a PRI. PRI is one of two interfaces defined in a service known as ISDN . Michel will take you through the basics. You can listen to (or download) the PodSnack by clicking here , or you can use Read More...

PodSnacks: T-1 vs. PRI

Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Recently, we posted a few PodSnacks on voice-related issues, including long distance (LD) and switched vs. dedicated access to LD. Today we're going to focus on trunking services and talk about the difference between a T-1 and a PRI trunking service. Read More...

PodSnacks: Switched vs. Dedicated Access to Long Distance

Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Just last week we put out a PodSnacks about long distance voice services. Today we're going to build on that and talk about two different ways of getting long distance service: switched and dedicated. Most of us are familiar with the switched access Read More...

PodSnacks: Long Distance

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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This past week, Trevor and I have been working with a customer to craft a new course to help their people better understand their own products and services, especially the newer ones. As we worked on the materials, I began to realize how many terms we Read More...

PodSnacks: Analog

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Back to basics! Paul and I recorded this PodSnack about the word " analog ." It's a term that surfaces all of the time. The word itself is fairly innocuous. In telecommunications, it refers to a communications system that uses a continuously Read More...

PodSnacks: The Telephone Number

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Let's go back to some basics. We use the telephone every day. We use telephone numbers every day. Today, Dave tells you a bit about the structure of the telephone number, how it is assigned, and issues related to it. You can listen to (or download) Read More...

Career Advice

Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:18 PM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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After I finish teaching a class, it is not unusual for one of the students to walk up to me and ask me what I think about their career prospects. Most of the time, the question is about what I think they should focus on for skill and knowledge development Read More...

PodSnacks: Sound

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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And now for something completely different. Since the PSTN was engineered to carry the human voice from one point to another, its engineering must have been influenced by the nature of the human voice. So we need to know a little bit of something about Read More...

PodSnacks: Trunk

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Since we recently did a PodSnack on the central office switch , might as well stay with that theme and talk about a second component of the voice network: the trunk . This is the facility that interconnects two circuit-based voice switches (although the Read More...
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