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Intel and Internet Cable Corporation Partner to Showcase Broadband Video Conferencing

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Intel Corp. is partnering with Internet Cable Corporation to showcase the potential of high-speed cable Internet connections in the Wild Dunes suburb of Charleston, South Carolina. The partnership will demonstrate Intel's Intel(R) Video Phone technology, which enables full-motion, real-time video and audio communication over cable modems. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the way people communicate, enabling them to stay in touch with friends, family, and business associates in real-time.

Key Takeaways:

  • Intel's Intel(R) Video Phone technology is designed specifically for cable modems and high-speed cable Internet connections, taking advantage of the increased bandwidth to enable richer communications.
  • The technology will be showcased in the CableNET '98 area at the Western Cable TV Show in Anaheim, CA, highlighting the momentum of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) H.323 communications specification.
  • Internet Cable Corporation's high-speed duplex cable modem service in Wild Dunes, South Carolina, will be the location for trials of Intel's broadband enhanced PC-based Video Phone.
  • The trials will demonstrate the potential of broadband video conferencing in a residential setting, with US Cable Coastal Properties, an affiliate of US Cable Group, providing the necessary infrastructure for the tests.
  • Internet Cable Corporation has partnered with US Cable Coastal Properties to expand its rollout of CableWave(TM), a high-speed Internet access service, to larger residential and commercial markets in South Carolina and Georgia.

Statistics:

  • 47,000: The number of subscribers served by US Cable Coastal Properties, an affiliate of the privately held US Cable Group.
  • 100s of times faster: The speed comparison between cable modem Internet access and typical telephone modems.
  • 1st quarter: The time frame in which Intel plans to begin trials of its broadband enhanced PC-based Video Phone with Internet Cable Corporation.
  • Wild Dunes, South Carolina, and Georgia: The areas where Internet Cable Corporation and US Cable Coastal Properties plan to expand CableWave(TM) service.

Sources:

  • Internet Cable Corporation's web site at: http://www.cablewave.net
  • Intel's press room at: www.intel.com/pressroom
  • US Cable Group press release (no date provided)
  • "Intel and Internet Cable Corporation Partner to Showcase Broadband Video Conferencing" press release (no date provided)
  • AT&T Corporation, @Home Corporation, WorldCom, Inc., EarthLink Network, Inc., Mindspring Enterprises, Inc., America Online, Inc., Online System Services, PSINet, Inc., Rocky Mountain Internet, and Time Warner, Inc. (via various releases and press statements)
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Western Cable TV Show (no dates or specific sources provided)

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