HD Video Conferencing Can Ease the High Cost of Fossil Fuel

                                                       Could be the “killer application” for the 21st century

By Michael Grotticelli

 

The high cost of fossil fuel is impacting everyone, including video crews traveling to acquire interviews for television

programs. Now, a Colorado company has announced an alternative to travel—high-definition video conferencing over

its IP network.

 

The new global gateway gives users the ability to easily place high-definition video conference calls between users

on different networks. The service could be used for HD interviews in lieu of travel to a remote location.

WBS Connect, based in Denver , announced “Virtual In Person,” a high-definition video conferencing and telepresence

service over its worldwide IP network. The network, the company claims, gives customers the ability “to seamlessly

perform business-to-business and network-to-network telepresence and video conferencing meetings, even when groups

are on different private networks.”

WBS Connect said it will bridge disparate HD video conferencing systems for customers from hardware manufacturers

such as Polycom, Tandberg, Cisco, and LifeSize. The company said it currently has a presence in carrier-neutral data

centers in New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , Dallas , Denver , Miami , Newark , Seattle , London , Toronto , and Amsterdam .

Scott Charter, managing partner of WBS Connect, said he sees “telepresence” and video conferencing as the “killer application

for the 21st century.”

Virtual In Person high-definition video conferencing and telepresence is new to WBS Connect. The company’s existing services

include IP transmission, Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, data center co-location services, and consulting. It also manages

web-based scheduling and a user-centric Video Network Operations Center (VNOC), which it said helps ensure successful video conferences.

For more information, visit www.wbsconnect.com.