{"id":238,"date":"2004-12-15T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2004-12-15T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/12\/15\/article2-31\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:20","slug":"article2-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/12\/15\/article2-31\/","title":{"rendered":"The Video Phone Is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

Target Customers?<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultural Issues?<\/a><\/p>\n

Etiquette Please?<\/a><\/p>\n

What Makes This Time Different?<\/a><\/p>\n

Can Telcos Purchase This Phone?<\/a><\/p>\n

PC to Video Phone Interoperability?<\/a><\/p>\n

Cell Phone to Video Phone Interoperability?<\/a><\/p>\n

Advertising Opportunities?<\/a><\/p>\n

Role of 3rd Party Developers?<\/a><\/p>\n

One to Many Broadcast?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Telco Video 101<\/a> \"Click<\/a> <\/p>\n

I recently had the chance to sit down, sort of, with Bryan Martin<\/strong>, Chairman of 8×8, Incorporated<\/strong>, the company behind the Packet 8 VoIP services<\/strong>. In the case of Packet 8, the “V” stands for both Voice and Video<\/strong>. Instead of meeting in the same location, we used Packet 8 DV326 video phones. In my month-long review of the Packet 8 video telephony solution, I found the quality of the service offering to be as good, if not better than my previous review<\/strong><\/a> of Packet 8’s voice-only offering. <\/p>\n

Our conversation was recorded on a PC and recompressed using 256k Windows Media profile. Despite<\/strong> this double encoding process<\/strong>, the video is quite good. It is important to remember that the broadband connection I used typically provides upstream\/downstream bandwidths of less than 300 kb\/s<\/strong>, so there weren’t a lot of bits to compress my ugly mug.<\/p>\n

Also during the course of our conversation, just after I asked Martin about whether the Packet 8 video phones might someday interoperate with PCs, my PC recording program crashed<\/strong>; pretty ironic. One might also note my rather disheveled appearance. I purposely dressed in such informal attire and made sure my hair was unkempt to show the challenges of introducing video into the remote worker environment….normally, I do try to make a better appearance when I have guests. <\/p>\n

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Quick Jump Menu to this Issue’s Articles December 15, 2004 Overview Pre-Holiday Expo The Video Phone Is Here Last Minute Shopping Ideas <\/p>\n

The Video Phone Is Here!<\/b> <\/p>\n

by Ken Pyle (ken.pyle@viodi.com), Viodi, LLC<\/a> <\/p>\n

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