Australia

Ausnetinfo Pty. Ltd.

Contact:
Russell Ashdown, rashdown@ausnetinfo.com.au or
Cyrus Allen, CAllen@ausnetinfo.com.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel and Zydacron
Codec Model: PictureTel: Model 200, Zydacron: Z240 Room System
Transmission Rate(s): ISDN 56/112kbps or 64/128kbps or 256/384kbps
Transmission Algorithm(s): Picture Tel: H.320 and PictureTel proprietary (SG3 and SG4), Zydacron: H.320 and T.120
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Australia
Room Access: Available for hire
Room Charges:
$A200 for the first hour or part thereof, $A50.00 for each additional 15 minutes or part thereof plus ISDN charges if the call is made from Ausnetinfo. Booking fee applies ($A50.00) 25% Cancellation fee applies if the session is cancelled on less than 24hrs notice.
Location: Victoria, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +10
Other Information:
Video ISDN Number: +61 3 9244-1350 (Call to test your system and view our computer room.)
Room seats 6 - 8.

Web Site: http://www.ausnetinfo.com.au

Australian National University

Contact:
Greg Stewart
Phone Number: 61 6 2798012
Fax Number: 61 6 2798012
E-mail Address: Greg.Stewart@anu.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: VTEL
Codec Model: LC SYSTEM
Transmission Rate(s): 2X56, 2x64 up to 384kbps
Transmission Algorithm(s): Both
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Austalia
Location: Canberra, Australia
Time Zone: GMT+10
Other Information:
Web Site: http://tltsu.anu.edu.au/external/Faculties/V-C/

Central Queensland University

Contact:
Chris Ryan, Technician.
Phone Number: +61 79 309 309
Fax Number: +61 79 309 722
E-mail Address: c.ryan@cqu.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: System 4000EX
Transmission Rate(s): 112Kbps, 128Kbps
Transmission Algorithm(s): Both
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Austalia
Multipoint: Yes
Room Access: Internal and Public
Room Charges:
$200.00 for the first hour of room hire then $50.00 per 15 minutes or part thereof plus transmission costs.
Location: Australia
Other Information:
The CQU Network consists of 4 sites in Rockhampton, Mackay, Gladstone and Bundaberg. Each VC unit is PictureTel system 4000EX with 30 frames per second. Software version 6.01.00. We will be installing a Montage 550 MCU in the near future. All sites can dial out and are available for Commercial use.

Curtin University

Contact:
Denis Pim, Technical Services Officer, Teaching Learning Group
Phone Number: +61 9 3513942
Fax Number: +61 9 3512777
E-mail Address: d.pim@info.curtin.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec model: 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 112 or 128 Kb/s via ISDN
Transmission Algorithm(s): H.320
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra
Room Access: Internal and public
Room Charges:
Public: Booking Fee: $25; Room Hire: $125 / Hour (First Hour)($65 / Hour thereafter) $65 / Half Hour; ISDN call charges (twice the cost of a telephone call to the appropriate location) $35 / Hour (After Hour's Surcharge)(Normal hours: 08.00-17.00 Mon-Fri)
Internal: Room hire charges waived.
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Time Zone: GMT + 8
Other Information:
ISDN numbers: +61 9 3349040 and +61 9 3349041

Deakin University

Contact:
Robert Brownlee
Phone Number: 61-52-271-241
Fax Number: 62-52-272-322
E-mail Address: gordon@deakin.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: Models 3100 and Models 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 112 or 128
Transmission Algorithm(s): Standards on some systems or PictureTel Proprietary
Multipoint: PictureTel 8000 videoconference bridge
Room Access: Internal and Public. Commercial time is available.
Room Charges:
Internal there is no charge on our own microwave network only line charges out side of our own network. Within hours 9:00 - 5:00 PM no labour charges, outside of these hours $30 per hour.
External room use costs $100 per hour 9:00 - 5:00 PM and line charges apply plus service fee also labour charges $30 per hour out of hours. Quotations on request.
Location: Victoria, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +10
Other Information:
Deakin University is multi-campus. We have sites located at:
Warrnambool Victoria, one system 3100 without standards, connected in small meeting room holding 10 people and lecture theatre holding 100 people.

Burwood Victoria (part of Melbourne), one system 3100 with no standards in dedicated room holding 16 people and lecture room with system 4000 with standards, holding 80 people.

Geelong Victoria, one system 3100 with standards, connected in dedicated room holding 20 people, small dedicated room holding 8 people, with system 4000 that has no standards, lecture theatre holding 100 people with above system 4000.

Rusden Victoria (part of Melbourne) one system 4000 no standards, dedicated room holding 14 people.

Toorak Victoria, one system 3100 with standards, dedicated room holding 10 people.

All Bookings from Geelong Campus

Department Of Justice, Courts Division, Victoria Australia

Contact:
Tim Hales, Technical Co-Ordinator
Phone Number: 61 3 96032458
Fax Number: 61 3 96420304
E-mail Address: halest@gredmir.lawnet.com.au
Codec Manufacture: Vtel
Codec Model: Leadership Conferencing System
Transmission Rate(s): 64-348
Transmission Algorithm(s): Standard And Vtel Proprietary
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Australia
Multipoint: Yes
Location: Victoria, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +10
DST: October - March
Other Information:
The Department of Justice currently has four video conferencing sites within Victoria "looking at another 26". These sites are used for remote witness and court hearings.

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James Cook University

Contact:
Video conferencing bookings
Phone Number: +61 7 47815040
Fax Number: +61 7 47815966
E-mail Address: VideoConferencing@jcu.edu.au
Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: Concorde 4500
Transmission Algorithm: H.320 and Proprietary.
Transmission rates: ISDN 112/128Kbs, can use up to 384Kbs.
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Austalia
Multipoint: Yes
Room Access: All sites are available for university and commercial hire.
Locations: Townsville and Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Time zone: GMT + 10
Other Information:
The JCU Network consists of 3 conferencing sites at our Townsville campus and 3 sites at the Cairns campus. Each campus has a conferencing room that seats 12, a teletutorial room that accomodates 80 people and large lecture theaters with fully integrated systems that permit large group conferences. All sites have dual monitor setups and document cameras as standard. For more detailed information on the range of facilities for commercial hire at JCU follow the link to the Main link & directory.
 
Web Site: http://www.cns.jcu.edu.au/Videoconf/home.html

John Allison/Monkhouse

Contact:
Terry Dillon
Phone Number: 61 3 9547 7711
Fax Number: 61 3 9548 0756
Video: 61 3 9548 0752 x 2
Snail-Mail: P.O. Box 188, Mulgrave Nth. Victoria. 3170. Austrilia
E-mail Address: dillont@johnallisonmonkhouse.com.au
Make/Model: PCS 100 (version 1.5) with LiveShare (version 2.0)
Equipment: 68cm Screen, electronic whiteboard, scan converter
Speed: 128 Kbps
Audio Algorithims: G.711, G.722, G.728, PT.724
Video Algorithims: H.261
Network: ISDN
Network and Carrier: Telstra
Multipoint: Yes
Location: Springvale Rd. & Princess Hwy, Springvale (in Melbourne)
Time Zone: GMT +10
Normal Hours of Operation: 8am-5pm Mon.-Friday
Other Information:
Available 24 hrs/ 7 days, the room capacity is 6-boardroom, 18-theater arrangement.Minimum booking is 30 minutes. BH:cost/hr $AUS 200 ($50/15 minutes after the first 30) AH:cost/hr $AUS 250 ($60/15 minutes after the first 30) $AUS 50 cancellation fee until 4pm on the day prior, $AUS 100 if cancelled on the day of the videoconference

La Trobe Univeristy

Contact:
Michelle Powell, Videoconference Facilities Manager
Phone Number: 61 3 9479 1990
Fax Number: 61 3 9479 1999
E-mail Address: M.Powell@latrobe.edu.au
Codec Manufacture: Vtel
Codec Model: Leadership Conferencing System
Transmission Rate(s): 64-384
Transmission Algorithm(s): Standard And Vtel Proprietary
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Australia
Multipoint: Yes
Location: Victoria, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +10
DST: October - March
Other Information:
La Trobe University and Sunraysia Tafe Colleges have 5 videoconference sites located through out Victoria. Sites are located at Bundoora (Melbourne), Bendigo, Wodonga, Mildura, Swan Hill and Shepparton. All sites are equipped with VTEL Leadership Conferencing Systems. La Trobe University also manages a 6 site Multi Point Conference Unit. For further information about La Trobe University's videoconferencing facilities contact Michelle Powell on the above numbers.

Melbourne Videoconferencing Services

Contact:
Ezra Abrahams, Director of Videoconferencing
Phone Number (61-3) 9614 0700
Fax Number (61-3) 9614 0555
E-mail Address: cma@ozonline.com.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: Venue 2000
Transmission Rates 128, 256, 384
Transmission Alogorithm H320, PTZ24,
Long Distance Carrier Telstra
Room Access Public
Room Charges AUD$250 per hour
Multipoint: Available
Location: Level 20, 500 Collins Street, Melbourne (CBD)
Time Zone GMT+10
Daylight saving GMT+11, last week in October to last week in March

Mercedes College

Contact:
Pat Lee
Phone Number: +61 8 83796844
Fax Number: +61 8 83796844
E-mail Address: palee@webmedia.com.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Transmission Rate(s): 128k
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Other Information:
We are a k-12 Catholic school with an interest in video conference links around the globe with other education institutions

Network Vision Systems

Contact:
Sarah Wiffen
Telephone Number: +61 9 221 0000
Fax Number: +61 9 221 0153
E-mail Address: sarahw@echidna.id.au
V/C (09) 422 9640/1
Codec Manufacture: PictureTel
Codec Model: 4500zx Concorde
Transmission Rate(s): 128-384Kbps
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Time Zone: GMT + 8
Other Information:
Room Capacity: 12 in room, 60 in suite
Other features: docement camera, whiteboard, VCR, catering, 30 frames per second

Northern Territory University

Contact:
Debra Kroon
Phone Number: 61-89-466290
Fax Number: 61-89-466199
E-mail Address: Kroond@darwin.ntu.edu.au
Codec Manufacture: PictureTel
Codec Model: 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 56-128
Transmission Algorithm(s): Standards and Picturetel proprietary
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra
Room Access: Internal and Public
Room Charges: External use $150/hr. Educational use $80/hr (neg)
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +9:30
DST Dates: October through March

South Australian DETAFE Tele-Learning Consortium

Contact:
Paul Rixon; Manager Videoconferencing Services
Phone Number: +61 8 207 8527
Fax Number: +61 8 207 8552
E-mail Address: paulrix@tafe.sa.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 2x64Kb via ISDN
Transmission Algorithm(s): Both (SG-3 preferred)
Long Distance Carrier: Telecom Australia
Multipoint: PictureTel M-8000 MCUs at Adelaide and Whyalla permanently cascaded
Room Access: Open to public, Mon-Thurs 8am to 10pm, Fri 8am-6pm
Room Cost:
$130/room/hour (Additional costs for opening, overtime, etc will be charged outside these hours), ISDN connection fees as appropriate (to sites outside SA TAFE), Use of additional bridge ports @ $80/port/hour, Booking and/or amendment fee @ $20, Cancellation fee @ $50 (Original booking fee is also retained), (If cancellation is less than 24 hours before event) @ $100/site, (If cancellation is less than 48 hours before event) @ $50/site. There is no cost to internal users.
Location: South Australia
Time Zone: GMT +9.5
DST Dates: November - March inclusive
Other Information:
Our V/C network is used chiefly for delivering courses and by Feb '95 will consist of 18 sites throughout South Australia. Connected to the Adelaide MCU - Adelaide (2 rooms), Regency Park, Marleston, Noarlunga, Mt. Barker, Elizabeth, Gawler, Nuriootpa, Clare, Berri, Millicent and Mt. Gambier; and to the Whyalla MCU - Whyalla, Pt. Pirie, Pt. Augusta, Pt. Lincoln, Coober Pedy and Ceduna. Each site consists of identically equipped classrooms capable of accommodating up to 16 students. Most sites are connected by "Semi-permanent" circuits to their MCU; however all sites are able to "dial out" of the network for point-to-point operations.

The SA DETAFE Tele-Learning Consortium data is available at the following URL: http://dino.tafe.sa.edu.au/video-conf.

TELCEN Videoconferencing Services

Contact:
Lisa Kelly
Phone: 61 (2) 9373 2700
Fax: 61 (2) 9370 6670
E-mail: lisa_kelly@telcen.com.au
Codec: PictureTel
Model: 4000ZX
Data Rates: 112 to 384kb/s
Algorithms: SG3, SG4, H.320
Carrier: Telstra Australia
Multipoint: TELCEN Videoconference Services
Location: Sydney, Australia
Other Information:
MCU: 28 port Lucent Technologies
VC Phone Numbers: 61 (2) 9370 6642/3
 
Features: T.120 data conferencing standards, high bandwidth calls, free registration, standards-based video and audio, plus CLI, PictureTel and Intel proprietary video algorithms. Audio add-on for telephone users. Meet me or MCU dial-out available. Voice-activated-switching, broadcast or presentation mode or control through unique Universal Conference Control (UCC) feature.
 
Seating for 11 (board table) or 70 (theatre style). Catering available. Tea & Coffee complimentary to Video Room users. SwiftSite available for hire. Very central to CBD, Town Hall station, York Street bus depot. Very reasonable rates. No Booking Fees.

University of Melbourne, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture

Contact:
Marc Bowden
Phone Number: +61 3 9214 2820
Fax Number: +61 3 9214 2899
E-mail Address: kgould@vcah.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel and VTel
Codec Model: 7 4000zx, 7 PCS100, 2 VTel
Transmission Rate(s): 56 - 128 kbps
Transmission Algorithms(s): standards H.320 and Proprietary
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra
Multipoint: various Australian services
Location: Melbourne and other towns around Victoria, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +1000/+1100
Other Information:
The FAFH of the University of Melbourne is intersted in making their facilities available for public hire in times that the rooms are not being used for educational purposes. Other Agricultural, Forestry and Horticulture institutions that would like to team teach courses, should contact us as well.

The University of New England

Contact:
Caroline Oates, Studio Manager
Phone Number: +61 67 73 3703
Fax Number: +61 67 73 3704
E-mail Address: coates@metz.une.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: System 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 56 - 128Kbps
Transmission Algorithm(s): SG4, H.320
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra
Multipoint: Yes, The University Centre, Sydney
Location: Armindale, New South Wales, Australia
Time Zone: GMT+10

University of South Australia

Contact:
John Page
Phone Number: 61 86 47 6051
Fax Number: 61 86 47 6082
E-mail Address: john.page@unisa.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: CLI
Codec Model: Rembrandt II/VP Ap2
Transmission Rate(s): 128kb (112kb)
Transmission Algorithm(s): Standards (H.320, FCIF) or CLI-CTX
Long Distance Carrier: Telstra Australia
Multipoint: No
Location: South Australia
Time Zone: GMT +9.5
Other Information:
The University of South Australia consists of six Campus', however only two have Videoconferencing facilities at this time, they are:
Uni-SA Whyalla Campus
Audiovisual Productions
Nicolson Avenue
Whyalla 5608
South Australia
Phone Number: 618 647 6051
Fax Number: 618 647 6082 Contact: John Page
 
Uni-SA Underdale Campus
Flexible Learning Centre
Holbrook Road
Underdale
Adelaide 5032
South Australia
Phone Number: 618 302 6868
Fax Number: 618 302 6844
Contact: Melilyn Leeson

The University of Wollongong

Contact:
Phil Rogan, Videoconference Coordinator
Phone Number: +61 42 213930
Fax Number: +61 42 258 312
E-mail Address: phil_rogan@uow.edu.au
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: System 4000zx
Transmission Rate(s): 112Kbs to 384Kbs
Transmission Algorithm(s): Both
Long Distance Carrier: Telecom Australia
Multipoint: Yes
Location: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Time Zone: GMT +10
Other Information:
The Wollongong University Video Conference Facility is available for educational and commercial use.