posted 09 February 2001 02:53 PM               

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Do you available a cost analysis for videoconferencing? We have a client who would like to deploy two systems between their offices. Since this is a $100,000 expense, they are asking us for a cost analysis that would justify such an expense.

Additionally, if you also have a survey from past owners of systems that demonstrates how video conferencing have benefited their companies. That would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

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Any comments or contributions? Thanks.

posted 26 March 2001 04:39 PM               

This company always have meeting with between
pacific coasts or east coast and west coast.

Flight fare may be $2K/person. (full economy)
for trans Pacific or east and west coast, and may be $500(Discount)

Total human cost,including everything, let me say 20K/month so
20k/month /20working days a month =1K/day.

Fly to pacific ocean and come back spends 2 day extra.

So one non video conference meeting cost will be 4K to 2.5K /person.

Let make assumption one meeting with 3 person, so US$12K to 7.5K /meeting.

VC Budgets is 100K, let make assumption to use this system for 2 years.

100K/2 = 50K/year

50K /12K~7.5K = 4~7times meeting/year.

This is a break point.

So if this company have meetings with oversea company or different coast company,
more than 4 to 7 times year,
It's good idea to introduce this system.

Off course, VC quality is WORSE (I'm sorry)
than "REAL MEETING". So it is good idea to multiply 1.2 (every 5 times have one real meeting) to 5 (every 5 times have one VC meeting) to meeting times, is recomended.

And please don't compare to chat based system,for new generation people, (I'm sorry I'm old type )this is more comfortable than real meetings in some cases.

Thank you

posted 28 March 2001 09:00 AM               

Since then they have been holding a director's meeting every week.