VBrick Systems
I am as wowed by new developments in this burgeoning space as much as
the next guy. The industry is really heading out, all around us, and IP
communications are simplifying and solidifying our manner of interaction.
As our technologies have evolved to mimic day-to-day life, the feasibility
of real time video and speech over communications systems may provide us
with a link back to the interconnectedness of our oral and interactive
human roots.
VoIP was a big first step, a step that not all have yet conquered, but
if your system has proven itself capable of handling VoIP usage, the time
has come for a true TV-quality optical jump. VBrick
Systems is bringing 30 frame-per-second video quality to your Area
Network in one plug and play, $5,000 box. While VoIP has had its
development issues, the savings and interactive abilities it provides have
proven useful and effective. What VBrick provides is a one-stop solution
to provide TV quality video to every computer monitor in your
office/multi-office system.
In fact the quality of the video provided by the VBrick system made it
possible for the West Virginia Public Broadcasting to use its devices to
conduct a first in the nation "digital town meeting" whereby the
WVaPB used 24 of the devices connected to a Verizon Communications ATM
network through leased line connection, which provided the stable, fixed
bandwidth needed to offer simulcasted, broadcast-quality video that
connected ten towns across the state.
"We selected VBrick products for several reasons. Functionality
and video quality were of primary concern. Critical too, were cost and
ease of use and installation, areas in which VBrick is unmatched. We were
able to install VBrick systems quickly. They are extremely easy to manage
and operate, even by non-TV people. A one-time ten-city satellite-based
event would cost us $300,000, excluding special staff and equipment. Our
$80,000 VBrick system is permanently available, including equipment, and
it is so simple to use that we can utilize volunteer staff at each
site," said Bill Acker, Television General Manager of WVaPB.
VBrick Systems' EtherneTV provides TV-quality video to an unlimited
number of PCs in your network, which allows the delivery of news, training
video, and other video-based information over the same area network
already in place. Able to be displayed on either a computer monitor or a
normal TV, the EtherneTV provides a flexible, simple, high-quality, and
cost effective manner to add video to your campus system.
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ShareGate DSL2000
Here at TMC I am blessed with a T1 hookup, but at home I must hobble on
by with just a 56K modem, making me tear at my scalp every time I access a
flash-based site. With DSL prices finally coming down, it just may be time
to make the leap, but up to this point there have been some big hurdles to
broadband usage for the little guy: Wiring costs, upgrade services, and
installation charges. The ShareGate
DSL2000 is a consumer gateway available to service providers that will
make little offices and homes into integrated communications systems using
the existing wiring already in place.
ShareGate produces broadband services gateways that allow multiple
devices within a premise to sustain the delivery of multiple services,
such as voice, Internet, and video, all in a simultaneous and seamless
manner. Offering bundled services to service providers, and promising no
new wiring within the premises, distributed voice, full function EMS, and
"plug, play, and forget" installation, the DSL2000 offers
solutions to service providers wishing to get a leg up on the competition
by giving end users the usability and benefits they require in their small
offices and home offices.
The soft PBX applications ShareGate provides, including the ability to
assign separate phone numbers to specific phones, per-line call blocking,
and extension-to-extension calling, will prove to be a real boon to
telecommuters. No longer will you have to keep little Suzy and Bobby from
holding hour long phone calls about respective dating opportunities so
that you can conduct business, for up to four voice lines are easily
delivered through the pre-existing phone wiring. This little gray box also
offers the office all the functionality of a LAN, allowing data sharing
and network capabilities. Forget some information needed for that LA
presentation? The Gateway also offers a personal Web portal page that
allows you not only access to your files, but also allows you to manage
the entire network from anywhere you have Web access. One thing unique to
the ShareGate is that data bandwidth and voice bandwidth do not share the
same small space. By layering voice over data through the gateway, voice
quality is preserved and provided for.
Most importantly, ShareGate delivers profitability to the service
provider. By combining the services of data, video, and voice over a DSL
line, routed through the existing wiring in the premises, the service
provider substantially reduces installation time and cost, which in turn
cuts down on prices and ups consumer demand. The installation only
requires the service person to hook the DSL line up to the ShareGate and
then plug the device into the existing phone and power lines to provide
instant service. Plug and play installation requires less training and far
less expenditure for all parties. The support services also save headaches
for service providers, allowing remote auto-provisioning, administration,
diagnostics, and upgrades, pre-empting the need to send out costly repair
people.
If you are a provider serving users who may own multiple PCs and are in
need of multiple voice lines, remote access and an easy way to manage it
all, I suggest you check out the ShareGate line of products. With the
ability to offer bundled services to the growing nation of broadband
service subscribers, the ShareGate may well be the device needed to give
your company the future-proof, sticky solution.
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