What is Wrong with Academic Videoconferencing? Roger Bolam - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What is Wrong with Academic Videoconferencing? Roger Bolam - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What is Wrong with Academic Videoconferencing? Roger Bolam JANET(UK) The Basics Usability is a big issue for end users who do they dial and how? E.164 GDS numbers are not personal, its just a 16 digit number. We need to make it
The Basics…
Usability is a big issue for end users – who do they dial and how?
E.164 GDS numbers are not personal, its just a 16 digit
- number. We need to make it like easier
Basic user training / awareness
Equipment Interoperation is STILL! a problem
Telepresence (what do we mean), ekiga, flash meeting, H.323, SIP claims by manufacturers?
GDS is not deployed in a uniform way – it doesn’t work!
The basics continued
- Lack of NREN mailing / discussion
This meeting is the first time we actually have the right people together to influence a change!
- A clear issue with inter NREN bookings – its based around knowing
people ad hoc at the moment and we do not and our users do not
Example is a JANET(UK) – SWITCH videoconference lots of-pre info required for users:
Who is hosting Who’s MCU What is the dial in number? Is it GDS? What is GDS? I am behind NAT so do not have an IP address – It’s a local NREN issue. SWITCH or JANET get contacted and have to make an assumption based booking….