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Benefits of Video and Telephone Conferencing

blogger — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:45:03 +0000

Conferences are an essential part of communicating internally in the business world, but they can cost a lot of time and money in terms of travelling, catering and overnight accommodation. If your business does not have any conferencing facilities on site, you could also end up spending a lot on hiring rooms and outside caterers, and this all adds up to a significant amount of money from your annual budget.

A good solution to this is video and telephone conferencing, which allows a group of employees to speak directly to each other in a conference setting from within their own local office, without all the hassle and expense of having to travel to another meeting venue.

The main benefits of video conferencing:

Face to Face Interaction – live, real time audio and visual video links allow employees in different offices to speak face to face, communicating quickly and easily but saving all of the time, hassle and expense that would normally be associated with travelling to conference and meeting venues.
Improved Contact – remote offices may feel removed from key business factors and decisions, as senior management may find it difficult to justify the time and expense it would normally take to visit these offices on a regular basis. Video conferencing makes it easy to keep in touch with all of your offices and employees, strengthen bonds and improving overall productivity.

The main benefits of telephone conferencing:

Quick, Easy Interaction – with telephone conferencing it is quick and easy to set up meetings with other colleagues, and many systems can incorporate any dial in number, which makes it straightforward to include home workers or colleagues that are out of the office (even if they are on a mobile phone).
Cost – telephone conferencing is an affordable option, and can be a little as the cost of a normally telephone call, for unlimited use at any time of the day.

Conference Genie provide a number of conference facilities for businesses, and if you are already using a BT line then you can dial in to the basic telephone conferencing service straightaway, simply by choosing a conference call passcode (6 digits), and circulating this and the intended date and time to your invitees. Each member then needs to dial into the number (provided on the Conference Genie website) at the correct time and enter the passcode to access the conference. Conference Genie also provide a number of versatile options for video conferencing, including free one to one training to help get you started. To find out more about these services you can visit www.conferencegenie.co.uk, or email a representative directly for a quick support.

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Broadband Deals and Resources

blogger — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:06:29 +0000

The IPSEOS Home Shopping Network offers a quick and easy way to compare broadband packages, to help you find the high speed Internet service to suit your needs. Instant quotes are available online, and the unique calculator formula will help you to understand the true cost of each broadband package, not just the monthly fees but also all the other costs involved, including the overall length of the contract. The calculator will also look at any current offers or discounts, and each quote will consider the full cost implications of the following variables:

* Introductory Offers – many broadband packages have very tempting join up offers, such as 3 months free and then £15.99 for the rest of the contract term (in this case 18 months). The IPSEOS quote will tell you exactly what any discounts, special offers and vouchers mean over the full period of the contract, in this case £14.15 per month, which is actually not as good a deal as it first sounded.

* Set Up/Activation fees – most broadband packages that have lower monthly fees will compensate any losses against a one off, set up/activation fee. The calculator will include this fee into the quote for a more accurate comparison of monthly costs.
* Other Charges – some broadband packages have additional charges such as line rental to the ISP or one off equipment charges for the routers and modems. This is taken into account in the quote for overall monthly costs.
* Contract Lengths – it is important to check the full term of the contract, to accurately judge what the costs will be on a yearly basis and also to see if this is a suitable contract length for your needs. Most broadband packages come with a minimum of 12 month or 18 month contracts, and you will need to take this into account when you compare prices.

As well as thinking about costs and fees, you will also need to consider how fast each broadband package is, and whether it is suitable for your Internet needs. IPSEOS provide a free broadband speed test that you can use to judge the true speed of any broadband service.

IPSEOS features all of the leading broadband providers including BT, Tiscali, Virgin Media, Sky, and Plusnet.

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Satellite Internet

blogger — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:01:38 +0000

Satellite Internet services are a good alternative for those people who live in areas where terrestrial Internet services are not available, as the access is provided via satellites that can be connected to from all over the world by using a satellite dish. Satellite Internet is also a good choice for those people who spend a lot of time moving around, as unlike a landline/cable Internet connection, the satellite dish is not tied to one property, and you can connect to your account from almost anywhere in the world.

HughesNet provide high speed satellite Internet services in the USA, either for businesses or individuals, which uses technology such as a spotbeam delivery system (spread over 13 satellites), to concentrate the power of the signal in coverage areas, and improve the speed and reliability of the overall service. Heavy rain and bad weather can cause connection issues and service downtime with the HughesNet services (similar to DirecTV), but this does not occur very often and usually only causes brief periods of interruption.

If you already have a satellite television service in place, such as DirecTV, you will need to have another dish and transmitter installed, as television dishes will not be able to receive the unique Internet signal from the Hughes satellite. Installation is currently free on all of the standard HughesNet lease plans with a one off start up fee of $99, and equipment rental charged at $9.99 per month. Alternatively you could opt for a ‘Pay up Front’ scheme and installation which be charged at between $199-$249, depending on the individual plan, with the Internet services starting from $59.99 per month. There are no per minute charges, so you will have unlimited connectively with all the plans, and you can also earn mail-in rebates on both services which will provide you with up to $200 cash back, and the lease options offer an extra $100 cash back if you refer a friend or neighbour to the HughesNet services.

Hughes satellite Internet allows you to connect more than one computer to the Internet at one time and this can be carried out through a router, which will need to be purchased separately either by request from your HughesNet installation technician, or from any hardware supplier (Radio Shack, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, etc) and will cost around $30-$80.

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