Russ Gundrum is an acknowledged authority on telecommunications-wireline protection problems (from lightning and power induction) and their solutions. He has been focused on telecom and computer networking reliability problems, their analysis, and solutions since graduating from college in 1972. His first book on the subject in 1982 is titled Power Line Interference: Problems & Solutions. He has also written numerous trade magazine articles on the subject since 1980. He has an MBA in telecommunications from the University of Dallas and since 2002 has been an adjunct professor at the University of Houston where he instructs graduate and undergraduate students in computer networking subjects. He’s been the principal consultant at Telecom Problem Solvers, LLC since January 2014 after retiring from AT&T. He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of SCTE and a member of BICSI. You can reach the author at russgundrum@telecomproblemsolvers.com
Testimonials:
“Russ Gundrum is a veteran of outside plant copper with an unique vision combining strong technical understanding, high motivation, and unique AT&T experience with making field systems, including in particular DSL, work. This text is an invaluable contribution to the field and encouraged for both the young student learning as well as the experienced field engineer looking for information.”
Dr. John Cioffi
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
“Father of DSL”
August 29, 2018
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