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Videoconferencing Facilities at top schools in US
Prepared For:
Videoconferencing Discovery Project
Prepared By:
Rajeev Kutty (rkutty@andrew.cmu.edu)

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Highlights:
• Most schools have dedicated facility for video conferencing available to staff
• Some of the schools have provisions to enable VC from all of their classrooms
• Most schools have both IP & ISDN technology
• Most preferred vendor is POLYCOM
A typical setup of conference facility in most schools (Harvard):
Gutman 343 is a high-end “corporate” level conference facility
used for audio and videoconferencing. Equipment in the facility
includes two plasma screens to display video and computer
information. Program sources include VHS playback, DVD
playback, document camera, and audiocassette playback. All
functions are controlled via a Crestron LCD touchpanel. The room
seats approximately 12 people if used as a meeting space; 6 people
if used for videoconferencing.
Gutman G05 is a distance-learning facility equipped with rear
projection of computer and video sources. Program sources include
a multi-standard VHS playback unit, DVD player, document
camera, Windows and Macintosh computer workstations, and
audiocassette recording and playback. The room is designed for
videoconferencing and includes several push-to-talk microphones
built into the desktops and permanently mounted cameras. All room
function controls can be operated with any of the 3 Crestron LCD
touchpanels in the room. The room seats approximately 25 people.
Larsen G08 is the largest distance learning classroom at GSE. This
award-winning room used as a classroom space as well as audio and
videoconferencing space includes 2 video/data projectors, program
sources include a multi-standard VHS playback unit, document
camera, Windows and Macintosh computer workstations, built-in
videocamera, and audiocassette recording and playback. Room
function controls are via 3 Crestron LCD touchpanels in the room –
one located conveniently at the instructor’s podium, another in the
state-of –the art control room which offers more advanced features.
The room seats approximately 90 people.

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1. Videoconferencing Facilities at Harvard Graduate
School
Technology: Mostly ISDN
Source: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ltc/facilities/video.shtml
Services:
• Conference Room Systems
• Require two week advance notice for set up.
Cost: Not mentioned.
2. Videoconferencing at MIT
Technology: Mostly ISDN, some are combination of ISDN & IP
Source:
• http://www.svconline.com/mag/avinstall_mit_distance_learning
• http://web.mit.edu/ist/tel/teleconf.html
Services:
• Desktop Video Conference
• Conference Room Systems
Rates: Not mentioned.
3. Videoconferencing at the University of Pennsylvania
Technology: ISDN, IP & Webcast (one way)
Source: http://www.upenn.edu/video/pvp/
Services:
• Video production
• Video distribution, via traditional tape and disk, as well as state-of-the-art
video streaming;
• Videoconferencing (IP and ISDN), including a full-service videoconference
room
Rates: http://www.upenn.edu/video/pvp/costs.html

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4. Videoconferencing at Duke
Technology: ISDN & IP facilities available
Vendor:
• Polycon
• http://www.oit.duke.edu/vcs/techFAQ/vc-equip.html
Source: http://www.oit.duke.edu/vcs/videoconf/index.html
Services:
Have two dedicated facilities
Rates:
• Free IP (H.323) videoconferencing
• http://www.oit.duke.edu/vcs/rates.html#videoconf
5. Videoconferencing at Cornell
Technology: Only ISDN
Large availability of dedicated facilities
Source:
• http://www.cit.cornell.edu/atc/materials/vtc/rooms.shtml
• http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/instruct/distlearn/classrooms.html
6. Videoconferencing at Stanford
Technology: IP & ISDN
Vendor: Polycom
Source: http://www.stanford.edu/services/vc/
Services and Rates:
• Room & Equipment
• Application Development Support
• Conference Setup and Support: $50 per conference
• Room Rental: $75 per hour
• Transmission: variable
• IP videoconferences have no transmission charge.
• Transmission charges for an ISDN videoconference vary.
• Equipment Operator (optional): $45 per hour

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7. Videoconferencing at Michigan
Technology: IP & ISDN
Vendor: Polycom
Source:
• http://www.ets.mtu.edu/vc/index.html
• http://www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/procman/ch10/ch10p27.htm
• http://www.it.mtu.edu/itmedia/h323.html
Services:
• Point to Point IP (H.323) conferences
• Point to Point non-IP (H.320) conferences
• Multipoint conference
Rates:
• $40.00* per hour for Michigan Tech accounts
• $60.00* per hour for non-Michigan Tech accounts
• *Plus any line charges
• An additional fee of $30/hr is applied beyond normal business hours.
8. Videoconferencing at Kellogg
Technology: IP & ISDN
Vendor: Polycom
Source: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/kis/fac_staff/classrooms.htm
Services:
• Most class rooms are equipped to provide IP based conference facilities
Rates: Not mentioned
9. Videoconferencing at University of Michigan
Technology: IP & ISDN
Vendor: Polycom
Source:
• http://www.itcom.itd.umich.edu/digitvid/video_units.html
• http://www.itcom.itd.umich.edu/video
Rates: http://www.itcom.itd.umich.edu/streaming/rates.html

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10.Videoconferencing at Berkeley
Technology: 2 facilities with ISDN
Source:
• http://ets.berkeley.edu/Teleconferencing/Videoconferencing/index.htm
• http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/perezre/unix/Haas_IT.HTML#Current
Services:
• Client laptop compatibility,
• A wireless Power Point remote control system,
• Can provide portable videoconferencing from any of the campus's general
assignment classrooms
Rates: http://ets.berkeley.edu/AboutETS/Rates