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> Or www.vtel.com for that matter?
> Everyone in the industry (clients, I mean) are waiting for the 'dust to
> settle' on this issue before they jump into the ring. Wonder what will
> signal that a technological plateau  has been reached and propel the
> decision making process?
> 
> Michael Lowery wrote in message <35B29138.27A240B7@TTLC.NET>...
> >I searched newsgroups on the subject of videoconferencing
> >and was amazed at the lack of both information and
> >interest.  Has anyone looked at the Objective Communications
> >system (http://www.objectivecom.com) and compared it with
> >systems from PictureTel (http://www.pictel.com).  Can we get
> >some discussion going here.
> 
> 
Well, I for one have had a fair bit of experience with the Older CLI
models and lately with the Picturetel 3000's/4000's and Venue systems.
The Ptel 4000s have worked like a charm for the last 2 years but the
venues have had problems. These have mostly been to do with the Ascend
ISDN-TA's which we used.(VSX's) The upgrade to Ascend Multiband units
has fixed most of these problems. (Intermittent connections) But not
completely. I've also had reports that the Promptus TA's may be
more reliable in some instances.

The old CLI codecs kept us busy with all sorts of problems and were
great as a fault finding tool for learning all about
Videoconferencing, but obviously this did not lend itself too well to
reliable conferences and happy customers. On the other hand the
PictureTel systems we upgraded to have virtually put my maintenance
crew out of a job and since they aren't having to fix them all the
time, they are losing their skills with them. (Good for the boss, but
not for me and my crew.)

Before you think otherwise, I DO NOT WORK FOR P/TEL or any of their
resellers/retailers etc. so I'm not in this to make a buck. I'm just
telling it how I see it. If you're thinking of buying a system,
obviously shop around and make up your own mind. Unfortunately I
havent had the experience with any other systems to judge against
them, so in that respect you're on your own.

Well someone wanted some discussion going this is my 2bobs worth.

Regards,
Peter Stuart
sneaker@cyberdude.com