Ever wanted to set up Cisco TelePresence in your own home? One blogger has done just that. Granted, he works at Cisco, but his blog post about setting up a TelePresence system at his home-office is an interesting read. Brandon Fuller, whose resume describes him as technical leader: TelePresence Exchange, writes that his TP system consists of “a ‘normal’ CPU-sized chassis (referred to as the codec), a HD camera, speakers, microphone, and IP phone.” He’s using a 24-inch Dell monitor for the display instead of a big flat panel.
He adds:
Now, the only thing that I had to bring to the table was the bandwidth. That was the hard part. You can’t get the type of bandwidth you need for TelePresence via DSL or cable. You are going to be pushing 1080 or 720p video real-time while receiving at the same time. Oh, yeah — and it is over a VPN tunnel so you have encryption in there too.
Fuller had to ask his ISP, Skybeam, to ‘tweak’ his service to get the speeds required using fixed-wireless. According to Fuller: “This is not Wi-Fi. There is basically a line-of-sight RF connection from my house to a POP that is about a mile from my house.”
View his blog post to see the speed he is getting and how he’s using TP at home.
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