Technically, CU-SEEME *is* desktop videoconferencing.
I strongly recommend *against* trying to send H.320 compliant video
optimized at 128Kbps over the Internet. We're already seeing too many
ISP's restricting CU-SEEME because the infrastructure can't handle the
bandwidth even at 28.8Kbps; documentation that comes with CU-SEEME asks
that we limit ourselves below 100Kbps. Squeezing ProShare, Vistium,
PCS100, etc. onto the 'net will make the problem worse.
Multipoint video/data networks are now emerging supporting both H.320
and T.120 standards; please support development of these new networks
*and* CU-SEEME. Both are worthwhile and each has its place in
multimedia telecommunications.
Now for *my* question: does anyone know of developing T.120-compliant
programs being developed for the Internet? That would allow for
multipoint CU-SEEME video and collaborative computing, and even a
future for a gateway between the two technologies.
-- Alan Treitman
Treitman Telemedia, New York