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Teleconferencing facilities
Allen Hopkins, 14 Nov 2002
Last updated: 8 Oct 2009
Below is a list of teleconferencing facilities available
in the DOP Center.
These resources are available to DOP Center occupants,
we do not offer services to users outside of the center.
If you are interested in video teleconferencing at
UC Berkeley, see The ETS Video Conferencing page.
Video Conference Room 545R
- Polycomm Teleconference phone
- Currently installed, for details, see
How do I make a conference call?
The number in the video conference room is 510-642-6322.
- Netmeeting
- For details about Netmeeting, see
How do I use NetMeeting?
- Single Person Capture
- Eventually, we would like to be able to do
a single person capture. For details, see the
Presentation Capture page.
Boardroom540A /Classroom 540B
Polycomm Teleconference phone
Currently installed, for details, see
How do I make a conference call?. The number in
the Boardroom is 510-643-9965.
Sony Projector
See Sony Projector Operation for instructions.
See Presentation Capture
NetMeeting
For details about NetMeeting, see
How do I use NetMeeting
in the GSRC FAQ.
Citris
Khossrov Taherian has a Marratech.
The Marratech sometimes requires that holes be punched
in firewalls.
Chess Conference Room: 337 Cory
See the chesslocal faq for information about 337 Cory.
Summary of teleconferencing capabilities
| Vendor |
Cost |
Platforms |
Netscape 4.x? Mozilla? |
Technical complexity |
App Sharing? |
Audio? |
Video? |
Firewall? |
Works with DSL? |
Works over a Modem? |
| Polycomm Teleconference Call |
$20-$50/hour for 4 participants |
Phone Line |
Does not use a browser |
Very Easy, when was the last time the phone did not work for you? You will need a UC Calling card to call the 800 number though. |
No App Sharing |
Phone quality Audio |
No Video |
Does not use firewall or network |
DSL not necessary |
Modem not necessary |
| NetMeeting |
Free |
Windows only? |
No browser, separate app |
Very Easy |
App Sharing |
Audio: 1:N |
Video: 1:N |
Firewall requires configuration, works best on intranet |
Works over DSL |
Works over Modem |
| Placeware |
$375/month for 5 seats for Presenter (app viewing), $750/month for 5 seats for Premiere (app sharing + recording), Pay per use is $0.35/minute with a $3000 setup fee.
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Windows, Solaris
Under XP, may require SP1 to get Java working with IE.
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Netscape 4.x, did not check Mozilla
| Works through firewalls, easy for participants,
presenters must install an application |
App Viewing, Worked with Ptolemy II |
No Audio |
No Video |
Works tested with Honeywell's firewall
| Works over DSL |
Not tested over Modem |
| First Virtual |
$? |
Client is Windows Only, Plugin technology. Server runs under Linux and Solaris. Client may require XPsp1 |
IE Only, installer will not work under Netscape 4.x, firewall tester hangs under Mozilla |
Participants need to download and install a plugin |
App Sharing, shared Wordpad, has file sharing T.121 ? App sharing, we did not see the remote cursor. Could not embed video |
Full Duplex N:N |
N:N |
Yes, see the Firewall Test
| Works over DSL |
Tested to 28.8k, slow video, good audio. Can handle POTS dial in |
| WebEx |
$/.50/minute/user or $150/hour for 5 users |
Java Client for Mac, Windows and Unix. Also a Windows client? |
Explorer 4.0 or later or Netscape 4.06 or later. Not Mozilla. |
App sharing, worked with Ptolemy II |
Optional telephone conference call built in,
no Voice over IP |
1:N |
Probably has problems with firewalls |
DSL? |
Modem? |
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