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The market for multipoint multimedia teleconferencing and video server equipment is poised for explosive growth. ... By the turn of the
century, teleconferences that include any combination of video, audio, data, and
graphics will be standard business practice. ... While most videoconferencing systems in use today require cameras, monitors, and cables, new technology allows video to be transmitted over existing PC local area networks (LANs). ...
While multimedia teleconferencing and video servers promise to revolutionize
vital everyday corporate tasks such as project management, training, and
communication between geographically-dispersed teams, it is clear that
standards-based solutions are a prerequisite for volume deployment. ... This interoperability is also
critically important when a video server may be transmitting data across a WAN
to multiple users, in multiple sites. ... A T1 line (the equivalent of 24 standard voice-grade telephone circuits) or a portion of a T1 is required to run high-quality video and audio in two directions. ... Software routes video and audio signals between selected locations, displaying the image from each camera on the other participant’s PC screen. ...
There are three primary costs for videoconferencing: equipment, telephone lines, and a conferencing facility.
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