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It's still the early days of IP videoconferencing, and video isn't the only way to conference over the Internet. The table points to some of the established players
providing videoconferencing, as well as audio and document conferencing, over IP.
Though H.323-compliant videoconferencing products were scarce when we tested Microsoft's NetMeeting and White Pine's CU-SeeMe, by the end of the year there should be a much better selection of products from companies
offering video telephones and H.324 videoconferencing. For example, Vocaltec's Internet Phone with Video will support H.323 conferencing this year, as will VDONet's VDOPhone Professional. PictureTel also announced an H.323 suite that includes an H.323/H.320 gateway to connect users of both standards in the same conference.
Another choice is to consider conferencing products that offer voice, electronic whiteboard, and application-sharing functions without the video. Netscape Communicator's Conference module provides such features. T.120-only conferencing, like that offered by DataBeam's FarSite 3.0, cuts out both audio and video, which means less overhead and more modest system requirements, while still permitting standards-based virtual conferencing over the Internet.
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