On 30 December 2015 at 01:25, Jacob Ritorto <[email protected]> wrote: > okay, this is _really interesting_. Where can I read more? Another list member provided a good document archive, there's also Sam Etler's site which has other documents: <http://etler.com/docs/> I'll point you specifically towards Western Electric's Fundamentals of Telephone Communications Systems: <http://etler.com/docs/WECo/Fundamentals/> which is all about the switching equipment. Other documents can be found spread across the net.
And for your audio pleasure, I point you to Evan Doorbell's and Mark Bernay's recordings. Specifically: <http://www.wideweb.com/phonetrips/> and the location of the new files <http://www.evan-doorbell.com/> The narrator on the tapes --- Evan Doorbell --- is funny, informative, and knowledgeable. It helps that he used to be a phreak back in the 70s and 80s too. Cheers, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request.
