Open Source Tools
European Telecom
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- The Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- European Telecom Standards Institute
Industry Trade Groups
- Institute of Electronics & Engineers (IEEE)
- The Frame Relay Forum
- Telecommunications Industry Association
- Competitive Telecommunications Association
- Project Management Institute
Network Technology
- Tutorials
- Basic LAN Protocols (provided by IEEE)
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- Information on Different High-speed Ethernet Flavors
- Frame Relay Forum
- RadView's All-Purpose Protocols.com Site
- SecurityFocus.com
- TheList.com: The Definitive ISP Buyer's Guide Includes Choices (by area code for US and
Canada), Pricing Info & Types of Connections - Compare National and International Backbones of Academic and Consumer Networks
- The Geography of Cyberspace Directory (Mapping Networks)
- Network Management (includes software, RFCs and tutorials)
- TraceRoute.org (provides an IP tool that looks at the path of hops across an IP network)
- The MPLS Resource Center (A clearinghouse for information on Multiprotocol Label Switching)
- The Washington Post Tech Site
Phone rate sites
Technology Reference
- Need to find what a telecom acronym stands for? (Or any acronym)
- Search more than 1,000 telecom tariffs in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Pacific Rim
- Find Verizon tariffs, by state.
- Teleadapt is a manufacturer of travel-related accessories for notebook computers.
Check out their website for detailed connectivity info for many countries. - Browse TeleGeography's website for global telecommunications traffic statistics.
http://www.telegeography.com/ - African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
Travel Information
- Airline Flight Tracker
(between any 2 US cities) - Airline Toll Free Numbers
- Area Code Info
- Interactive WorldWide Atlas
- Currency Converter
- CNN Travel Guide
- Fodor's Travel Guides
- How Far Is It?
- U.S. Customs
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Embassy and Consulate
US Telecom
- FCC Common Carrier Bureau
- FCC Office of Engineering & Technology
- FCC Compliance & Information Bureau
- Federal Communications Bar Association
- Department of Commerce
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Telecommunications