Posts: 83 From: London & Southern England Since: Feb 2002
posted 07 October 2002 08:33 AM
Hmm... I don't think anyone solution is the "right one".
It'll have to be a mix of them all.
I agree that the Internet is where video conferencing is heading. Private IP networks for internal perhaps, but the internet is/will be the home of inter organisation VC I think.
It's pretty good now, given further infrastructure growth/development the internet should serve pretty well.
Lance
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posted 07 October 2002 08:59 AM
I agree with Lance that it will be a mix of them all. In addition I feel the Internet will be the primary transport back bone in the next few years. Not just the public Internet but also private IP based networks that include QoS capabilities. With software based products that allow multi-party conferences without the need for a bridge, with products that allow IP based VTC to co-exist with Firewalls and with numerous web based collaberative solutions, the WWW should be able to finally help bring desktop VTC to the fore front of how we do ad hoc video communications in the very near future.
posted 06 November 2002 11:01 AM
It seems to me that the "bigger" guys like Sprint, AT&T or Global Crossings (let's avoid Worldcom) are best positioned to make the largest impact. I do not believe the public Internet will be ready for business class videoconferencing for some time. However, these large Private IP (and Frame) networks are ready to go now. I think there is a huge market here. WireOne has the right marketing strategies and is well focused on this arena, unfortunately, they don't have the POPs be real players.
Honestly, I don't understand the hold up. Start videoconferencing, reduce travel.
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posted 02 October 2002 06:22 PM
