Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel

Education Sites:

• The American Experience: The Telephone -- information about the PBS program of the same name. Includes a transcript of the program, photos, short historical sections, a bibliography, and a teachers' guide.

• Telephone History from Tom Farley -- photos and diagrams accompany the three chapters of this in-depth mini-textbook on telephone history.

• A Short History of Fiber Optics -- reproduced from Fiber Optics Technician's Handbook.

• How Telephones Work -- a nice overview of how telephones work. Accompanied by simple graphics.

• The Telephone Technology Page -- a very good links site; from here you can find information on practically every asp of telephony imaginable.

• Discount Long Distance Digest - a FREE online newsletter covering the long distance telephone industry. The Digest covers issues that affect long distance carriers and resellers, long distance agents, and consumers.

• AT&T's Fraud Education Page -- lots of useful information on how to protect yourself from scams targeting telephone customers, including call-forwarding scams.

• The Telephone Preference Service -- this is the place to go to get your name taken off telemarketers' lists.