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Hi,

I've been tasked with organising real-time video conferencing between our
UK office & our Hong Kong office. We have a 2 Meg leased-line which I would
imagine is adequate to cope with such a job. Unfortunately I'm not sure of
my next step, do I look at dedicated hardware or something PC based - if
it's PC based I'll need it to be both Mac & PC compatible if possible, also
what will the the firewall implications be, etc, etc. Can anyone give me
impartial advice on the best route to go down.

Cheers, Jase.

Jase,

Personally, I'd look at the Polycom VSX7000 or the Sony PCS-1. They're
reasonably priced, and you'll find that your 2MB line should be
adequate to pass video traffic using the H.264 algorithm. They're both
set-top systems, but I recommend that over desktop for the sheer fact
that they look more professional (not to mention better video).

As far as the firewall is concerned, there are a number of options
available to you. Do some research on Google for "NAT firewall
traversal" and you should get a lot of answers. Ideally, though, these
systems should reside outside of your firewall.

You can get pricing at: http://store.camsysco.com

If you're just playing around, and dont need a enterprise class video
system, look into:

http://www.skype.com
http://video4skype.com

Thanks
Chris
http://www.netsteady.cc

Problem solved, If you need more advice then I'm available with 25 years
video conferencing exp..

www.camtrek.com
$15.00 a month.

Sincerely
Neil L. Rideout
Multicast Engineer
Video Conferencing Consultant
Inventor - Comcaster, P/See Suite, Sincewas, and Camtrek
www.neilrideout.com
and most importantly
www.camtrek.com


"Jason Snape" <spamspamspam@spanishinquisition.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi,

I've been tasked with organising real-time video conferencing between our
UK office & our Hong Kong office. We have a 2 Meg leased-line which I
would
imagine is adequate to cope with such a job. Unfortunately I'm not sure of
my next step, do I look at dedicated hardware or something PC based - if
it's PC based I'll need it to be both Mac & PC compatible if possible,
also
what will the the firewall implications be, etc, etc. Can anyone give me
impartial advice on the best route to go down.

Cheers, Jase.