Guidelines for doing a telecommunications audit
J. Tary · 2002
A well planned and operational telecommunications system can enhance a company's efficiency and reduce operating costs. The transfer of information by means of telecommunications is a basic requirement of doing business. First a benchmark is needed to establish how well the present communication system is performing and if any shortcomings exist. The actual discussion of the telecommunications audit covers these points: visual inspection; estimate of reliability; amount of traffic; quality of the circuits; system; interconnection; power systems; backup and summary. The workforce is critically dependent on receiving, modifying, generating and distributing information. The transfer of this information should be error free. With a careful telecommunication audit of the current system this goal of error free dependable transfer of information can be accomplished.>