Lastly, the standalone PC model suffers from the mindset problem referred to earlier sharing information is not peripheral to a meeting. Until the PC becomes integral to the solution being offered, its capabilities cannot be relied upon being present at all of the other meeting sites. Additionally, many users find the need to hook up a separate PC and then initiate a call to be a complex and often annoying process. Using a PC architecture allows the two dimensions of traditional videoconferencing systems audio and video to be added by a third dimension data, as an integral component to make a well-rounded whole. When you compare three dimensional, integrated products to what was known in the past, the old way of communicating seems flat by comparison.
Many people bring a laptop PC to the conference room.
These people may already have access to all the files they need, and for those lucky enough to also have wireless access to their local area network while in the conference room, the ability to access remote files and Web pages may be nothing new. The ability to receive T.120 data in every system provides the guarantee that all other meeting locations will be able to receive and collaborate on applications shared from your laptop via NetMeeting, without the need for at least one participant at every other location to bring a laptop computer to the meeting. Imagine how restricted laptop use would be in regular meetings if it couldn t be used until everyone else in the room had a laptop. While NetMeeting has found favor with many users, there is also a substantial number of PC users to whom it is completely foreign. If you need to bring computer data into a meeting, the preferred way to do it is to use the method you already know.