Re: VIDEO-TELE-CONFERENCING: NGOs & the UN

Steven Huter (mailto:sghuter@NSRC.ORG)
Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:21:09 -0500

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Date:         Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:21:09 -0500
From: Steven Huter <mailto:sghuter@NSRC.ORG>
Subject:      Re: VIDEO-TELE-CONFERENCING: NGOs & the UN
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

At 8:47 PM 4/3/97, FORWARDED wrote:

>VIDEO-TELE-CONFERENCING

........

>UN technicians and television journalists at exploratory consultations
>have indicated that the cost for such a connection with Nairobi could be
>anywhere between $240 per hour to $700 per hour for maximum resolution,
>or, up to $7000 per hour, if there is no ISDN line access.

This is quite a lot of money - $7k/hour. Wouldn't it better to spend such funds on some permanent infrastructure ? Two hours worth at that price could buy a considerable amount.

Steve Huter