Video Conferencing suggestons?

[Tim Pigue]

Looking to get an "In house" solution for video conferencing. Just webcam stuff and Meetings so that our Satellite campuses don’t have to drive across town every week. Anybody use Microsoft Communications server? Pro's or Cons?
Thanks;
Tim

[Brent Pool]

How many people will take part in the conference? A very simple and cheap solution would be Skype but I don't know if it would be the right thing for your needs. Some companies use the quite expensive video conference software (just google it, you'll find a lot) but that's only useful when you need it on a daily basis and over long distances.

[Tim Pigue]

Thanks for the input!

Brent Pool said:

How many people will take part in the conference? A very simple and cheap solution would be Skype but I don't know if it would be the right thing for your needs. Some companies use the quite expensive video conference software (just google it, you'll find a lot) but that's only useful when you need it on a daily basis and over long distances.

[Angela Creason]

www.tokbox.com uses your web browser and isn't a resource hog like Skype can be. You can have multiple people included at once, though I think video quality isn't as good. I haven't used it much. It was suggested to me by @jimwalton (Twitter- #CITRT).