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Special Pricing For Videoconferencing
In 1997, California Community College Chancellor TomNussbaum approved the Chancellors Office Technical Advisory Committee onVideoconferencings recommendations to accept an offer by Pacific Bell to provide PictureTel equipment through the State of California Contract at a very favorable discount. The Chancellors Office recently negotiated with Pacific Bell Network Integration for 50 or more PictureTel Venue 2000 Videoconferencing Systems with a single 32 Color Monitor on a rollabout cart at a significantly reduced price, approximately $7,000 below the California State Master Videoconferencing Agreement for State and Local Agencies. This special pricing is available for orders placed on or before June 30, 1998. The Venue 2000 Videoconferencing Systems include a codec (coder-decoder) that operates at up to 384Kbps and at up to 30 frames per second. The PictureTel System also includes an Inverse Multiplexer, NT1s (ISDN conversion conversion unit), installation, first year maintenance, shipping, and project management. PictureTels Venue 2000 is a complete, standards-based system that makes high-quality videocon-ferencing better than ever. The Venue 2000 has a rich feature set, room for expansion, and excellent performance. H.320Plus is PictureTels implementation of the ITU-T, H.320 standards-based video compression algorithm. It supports advanced features such as freeze-frame graphics, far-end camera control, data interface capabilities, and excellent audio quality. In a related development, Pacific Bell Education First Advocates are working with the Chancellors Office and @ONE, a California Community College Distance Learning Staff Development Consortium, to develop customized workshops with a focus on web-based and videocon-ferencing applications for California Community College faculty, librarians, and staff.
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