What is Video Conferencing

Administrative Video Conferencing Service is offered through the
Division of Communications in an effort to decrease the distance
between the borders of the state. In this era of the information
superhighway and the necessityto cut costs, being able to
communicate withe people effectively and efficiently is essential.
Instead of long trips which are expensive in terms of lodging,
transportation, and non-retrievable time away from the office;
participants are assembled in a convenient video room and
connected through the use of video cameras and monitors. Each
room also contains a telephone, facsimile machines, and a VCR
that can be used to play videos to conference participants or to
video tape conferences. Visual tools have become a norm of our
society. But none is more desirable, none contains as much
potential as that which puts you within sight and hearing where
cannot be physically.

Location of Units

Nebraska Viseo Conferencing Network is located in various public
sites across the state. State owmed sites include Ainsworth
Beatrice, Colombus, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln,
McCook, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, O'neil, Scottsbluff,
Valentine, and Wayne. The following sites asre privately managed
and conferences will be arranged around the host site's existing
schedule: Alliance, Chadron, Kearney, Lincoln, North Platte,
Omaha, and Sidney.

Common Uses for Video Conferencing

Meetings: Several organizations have used video
conferencing to conduct meetings with staff, planning
meetings with committees, or as a way to bring people
together to share ideas and plans.
Training: Video Conferencing is an excellent medium to
provide training to geographically dispersed staff
simultaneously.
Hearings: When an entity is looking for feedback on a plan
froma group of people or the public, video conferencing
provides a way to gather informaiton ina public forum.

Fee Rates

State agencies, including University agencies, any educational
entity, loacl government entities, federal agencies, hospitals, and
non-profit organizations:
$20.00 per hour per site

Commercial customers, customers not fitting any of the above
descriptions:
$30.00 per hour per site

AT&T Switched Video Service, dial up service outside of the State
of Nebraska:
$60.00 per hour

Cancellation of Site Fee

If a sit eis booked for a conference and is not neede, it must be
canceled at a minimum of 48 hours prior to the videoconference. If
the site is not canceled prior to the 48 hours, the client will incur a
one-hour fee for the sites they do not cancel. This fee will be
based on the rates noted above.

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