Grant Laird, Jr. Blog

Sorenson Media will allow anybody to call their favorite VRS vendor thru vp-100 unit starting July 1st. Also, Sorenson will start distributing vp-200 products sometime this summer. Everyone will get one eventually. It will take time.

Anyway, Sorenson Media expects everyone to use their product exclusively especially with vp-200 units. Even anyone doesn’t have to use Sorenson VRS at all. Will people continue using their service? Yes, I believe so. Will it hurt their own VRS after they open to all vendors? I don’t think so since they are now in VRI and internet relay service business.

There are a lot of vendors out there that make “webcam” or something better (Logitech, Linksys, D-Link, etc.) but they are no matched with vp200 units. I wonder maybe Sprint, CSDVRS, Hamilton, MCI, and others should team with one of those vendors. This way, they can develop one as good as vp-200 units.

It would create healthily competition for VRS industry. Don’t you think so?

I guess only time will tell us. Hmmm…

Grant W Laird Jr.
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