The Video Phone: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come?


PC Magazine: Video Telephony – An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come?

Despite the best efforts of phone companies and other technology vendors, video telephony has not caught on in any major way, but new improvements in digital online technology and increases in bandwidth will change all that.


“For decades, technology companies have tried to make video telephony a mainstream phenomenon. Thanks to products like Vidyo and Apple’s FaceTime, it looks like it’s just over the horizon once again.

I have been pondering the state of video conferencing a lot lately. The subject has been on my mind for about 15 years, ever since I sat next to the senior executive of a major airline on a cross-country flight in 1995. I asked him a question I often ask executives, ‘what keeps you up at night?'”

Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing addresses the technology needs of small businesses, which are defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees and/or less than $7 million in annual sales.

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