• Home

• Preface

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Telecommunications history

• How the telephone works

• Phone FUN facts

• Why the Phone Works When the Lights GO OUT

• FTTP (Fiber to the Prem)

• Future of Telecommunications

• Crossword Puzzle

• Word Search

• Glossary

• Credits

• Speech by Thomas Watson

Background image by union brother Adam Lievens. Downloaded from www.ibew2320.org



Union logo downloaded from www.ibew2320.org




Verizon logo downloaded from www.verizon.com

NEXT STEP logo by Bruce Tibbetts



Animated bell logo by www.bellsystemmemorial.com



Various pictures downloaded from several places on the web.
http://www.wireless.com
http://www.pcworld.com
http://michigantelephone.mi.org/
http://www.peterme.com
http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com
http://www.delcomtechnologies.com
http//www.yenra.com



Process Leader- Bill Stevens and Product Leader Bruce Tibbetts






Product Leader Bruce Tibbetts also responsible for the original design.






Bruce Beane, Bill faith and Jay Soucy






Bill Talon and Shawn Gascoyne wrote the Fun Facts chapter.






Jim Vappi and Jay Soucy wrote the chapter on Fiber/FTTP.






Art team- Standing BJ Larsson Sitting Karen Rollins and Lisa Delahantey






Edit team Kevin Thornton, Jim Lemay, Bill Faith, Bill Talon and Bruce Beane.






HTML team Front-Bill Stevens and Bruce Tibbetts Rear-Jay Soucy and Bruce Beane Not Shown Jim Lemay






Comedy Team- Bill Faith and Karen Rollins

Product Leader Bruce Tibbetts
Writing/Editing Team

Terry Pardoe (The English Professor) who taught Telecom I,II,II, and IV had a huge part in converting this from Microsoft Publisher to straight html, helping with several links (especially the glossary links), help with the pictures, and technical help with many facets of the website. Thank you Terry.