| The time is right for video and web
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| | online conferencing growth in the years
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| conferencing to take off. While online
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| | ahead.
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| conferencing is still seen as a
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| | 4. Businesses are improving productivity
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| technological novelty by some people,
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| | with online conferencing.
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| more and more businesses of all sizes are
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| | The gains provided by online conferencing
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| finding it be the solution to doing
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| | are more than just the money saved by not
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| business and communicating with
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| | buying gasoline for a car or spending it
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| prospects, clients, employees and branch
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| | on airfares. When you sit in your own
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| offices in an era of rising transport
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| | office and hold an online conference with
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| costs. Let's take a look at some of the
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| | associates in distant cities, you can get
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| factors that are bringing web and video
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| | back to your other work within seconds of
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| conferencing to a very wide audience.
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| | the close of the online conference. The
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| 1. Bandwidth speeds are increasing while
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| | lost time out of office, associated with
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| prices for broadband web access are
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| | business trips, is an important
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| falling.
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| | "opportunity cost" that can be reduced by
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| Video and web conferencing are more
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| | the creative use of web and video
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| effective when users have broadband
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| | conferences.
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| access to the Internet. Prices for
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| | 5. The cost of web and video conferencing
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| various broadband connections to the
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| | has come down greatly in the past year.
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| Internet (DSL, Cable, T1s) are falling
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| | Web and video conference services are now
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| and more and more homes and businesses
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| | less costly than they were a few years
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| are now connected by broadband rather
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| | ago and it is possible for a business to
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| than dial-up connections. Broadband
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| | get a much higher return on their
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| penetration in the US among home users
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| | investment in online conferences. Monthly
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| has reached 60% and, especially crucial
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| | costs for some conferencing services are
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| for online conferencing, in the workplace
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| | so low that even families and individuals
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| broadband usage has passed 85%.
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| | can connect in informal web conferences.
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| 2. Web cameras are more powerful and less
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| | At the same time, for a reasonable price,
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| costly.
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| | businesses can even purchase their own
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| Video conferencing is aided by good
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| | internal video/web conferencing system
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| images. Just as high speed connections to
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| | and not depend on web conference services
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| the Internet are needed to view the
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| | provided by an outside provider.
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| videos, improved cameras providing clear
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| | 6. Schools and universities are holding
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| images are also important. The least
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| | online classes, exposing a whole new
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| expensive web cameras today cost as
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| | generation to the world of online
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| little as $10 and even sophisticated
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| | conferencing.
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| tripod-mounted cameras are reasonably
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| | The surest way of spreading any new
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| priced, placing video conferencing within
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| | technology is to get young people
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| the reach of millions of users.
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| | "hooked" on it. And that is exactly what
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| 3. The price of oil and transportation is
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| | schools and universities are doing with
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| rising, and business travel is more
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| | web and video conferencing. By holding
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| costly.
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| | more online classes and conferences,
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| Rising energy prices means that
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| | young people are becoming comfortable
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| businesses have to scrutinize their
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| | with this way of communicating. As
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| travel plans more closely. Video and web
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| | today's students enter the business and
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| conferencing make it possible to hold
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| | professional world, they are certain to
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| meetings with staff in other cities
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| | bring with them a taste for the
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| without making expensive car or airplane
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| | convenience of online conferencing.
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| journeys. In addition, some companies are
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| | Add up all these factors and it is easy
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| also using web and video conferencing to
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| | to see why web and video conferencing are
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| meet new clients and provide service to
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| | approaching the level of mass acceptance.
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| existing clients. Improved video
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| | If you are not taking advantage of online
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| conferencing capabilities, combined with
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| | conferencing today, there is a good
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| rising travel costs is a sure formula for
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| | chance that you will be tomorrow.
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