I would slightly agree. We have that Polycom phone as well (3 mentions in one day from our group! Polycom, like that free advertising?) but it does get used regularly. Not everyday, but enough that I wouldn't NOT have it. In addition, we just got a great video collaboration tool from Steelcase and Tangram Interiors today to demo for a few weeks. Check it out:
http://www.steelcase.com/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx Several people can all quickly connect their laptops and share their screens, or takeover another person's screen. Connect the whole table to a good internet feed and have video conferencing AND video collaboration. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Dec 21, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Liz Elam wrote: > I have to echo (no pun intended) Jacob’s advice. I bought the phone and > it’s just not used that much. We use our wireless speaker for conference > calls (over voip) more than the Polycom. I wouldn’t invest in retrospect. > > Liz > Link Coworking > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Willie Morris > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Coworking] Advice on Telephone Conferencing Equipment > > Just a hint for echoes...Buy some large plants and stick them along the edge > of the room, it's amazing how it cuts down on the echo...but be careful, they > also offer great hiding places for ninjas. > > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > > > Rob, > > We got a Polycom phone for our main conference room because it seemed like > the thing to do. We saved money buying it used on eBay but more and more I > notice folks don't use it all that much. The room is too echoey I think. We > don't pay too much for the line as we got a deal with our ISP since the > phones don't get a ton of use. Not necessarily a suggestion but rather an > example of how sometimes things don't play out like you might think they > will. > > Jacob > > --- > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:28 AM, rob obrien <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to have a nicely functioning conference room with > telephone and or video conferencing. The room will have 10 chairs. > Any suggestions on hardware/software is appreciated. Any comments on > bandwidth needs to operate this along with up to 10 co-workers is also > appreciated. > > thanks > Happy Holidays > > Rob OBrien > www.CDGACoWorking.com > near Rochester NY > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
