United States

Rhode Island

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
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