From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Apr 25 09:27:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-multimedia Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA20124 for multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:27:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from miller.cs.uwm.edu (miller.cs.uwm.edu [129.89.9.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA20118 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:27:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from james@localhost) by miller.cs.uwm.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA27122; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:27:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:27:09 -0500 From: Jim Lowe Message-Id: <199604251627.LAA27122@miller.cs.uwm.edu> To: jonas@mcs.com, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leased lines, etc Cc: jonas@mcs.net Sender: owner-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: "Lars Jonas Olsson" > > I'm trying to figure out what network access to use for internet > access for the company I work for (AccuMed Intl.). My current > idea is to get a 56kbps or 64kbps leased line. I would avoid either of these -- just because they are too slow. > > What is needed for being able to use this for speach and > video-conferencing? Does the ISP have to be on mbone? It depends on what type of conferencing you want to do. Typically a min of 128kbps (or 1 ISDN line) is required for point to point video conferencing. If you want to do Internet and Mbone type conferencing, then a T1 is really the min. ADSL or a simular technology would be ideal for Internet and Mbone combination link. What I would look into is finding out what ISPs are wired to the same telephone switching office (usually called the central office) as you. In downtown Chicago, there should be an ISP in the same central office as you. Then call Ameritech and find out how much a ``dry circuit'' between you and one of these ISPs costs and how many K-ft the circuit is (finding someone inside of Ameritech that knows what a dry circuit is may take a little while). I would then contact PairGain (http://www.pairgain.com) and figure out what the best modem combination would be for you. You should be able to set up, at a min, a 384kbps connection between you and your ISP for minimal cost -Jim