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>The net result is that there are a lot of electronic copies out there,
>but it is not legal to make them available for anonymous FTP after
>December 31, 1991.

The "net" result? :-)

It's also worth mentioning that the documents available in the experiment
were not useful.  Many of the most important were missing (like almost all
of the X series), and most of those that were present had such severe
formatting problems and missing pieces that they could not be trusted. 

The reality is, if you are implementing CCITT and ISO protocols, you are
going to have to shell out serious bucks. If you are not implementing, and
just want to know how the stuff works, then get a copy of Marshall Rose's
"The Open Book." You won't be able to read the standards, anyway.

For standards, the U.N. Bookshop in New York offers the best price for CCITT
Blue Books; ANSI and IEEE you get from National Technical Information Service
(NTIS) in Washington; ISO from Omnicom. The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Data-
communications Standards is the best buy for a cross-section of standards,
and is highly recommended for any development group.

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