Russia

Brown University

Contact:
Andrea Perry (domestic teleconferencing) 401-863-2007
Sarah Lum ( US-Russian Teleconferencing) 401-863-7304
Lenny Escalante (technical questions) 401-521-5970
E-mail Address: Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel: (CLI; NASA)
Codec Model: PicTelSeries 4000 150E (to be upgraded) ( CLI Rembrandt II)
Transmission Rate(s): 56-384 KB
Long Distance Carrier: MCI (we use all carriers in teleconferencing)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Moscow, Russia
Time Zone: GMT -5
Other Information:
In addition to dial-up teleconferencing via a PictureTel system, Brown University currently operates a compressed signal videoteleconferencing link to Moscow for educational, government and other non-profit use. The link is realized via the Intersputnik satellite, Stationar 4. Our Russian site is at the Institute for Space Research (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since August, Brown has been testing with US sites nationwide having teleconferencing systems. These sites are able to teleconference directly with Moscow using dial-up lines to Brown.

Users of the link have included Brown doctors training Russian physicians in Family Medicine, scientists collaborating on joint space research, and students taking part in round-table discussions. In fall 1993, NASA chose Brown as provider of US-Russian teleconferencing for all NASA and NASA-related sites, routing this activity to Moscow through Brown via the national NASA ViTS network.

Brown University Video-conferencing Web Site:
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Communications/Video/

The Russian Link:
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/CIS/Communications/Video/ruslink.html

VideoBridge International Corp.

Contact:
Harold R. Davis, CEO
Phone Number: 617-621-7147
Fax Number: 617-621-7069
E-mail Address: vidcha19@pop3.nfi.com
Codec Manufacturer: PictureTel
Codec Model: 4000
Transmission Rate(s): 112-128kbps(satellite connection link to our Moscow studio)
Transmission Algorithm(s): Both
Long Distance Carrier: Wiltel
Multipoint: Link VTC in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Room Access:
Rooms are used primarily for US multinationals such as Boeing, long distance learning and telemedicine programs.
Room Charges:
Our prices include satellite connection to and from Moscow through Houston and use of Moscow room-From $500 to $900 depending on time and number of hours booked.
Location: Central Moscow, Russia, 19 Preznensky val.
1996-Openning in Prague, Bratislava and Budapest
Time Zone: GMT +3
Other Information:
In Moscow we have three rooms. A studio accomodating about twenty, a midsize room for one hundred and an auditorium that seats six hundred.