Vidtel's video conferencing service cloud brings an SME-oriented solution to the table that a business of any size can afford (pricing starts at $29.95/month for unlimited one-to-one connections and $199/month for an on-demand meeting room for up to 5 locations).

The idea is to make video calling and conferencing as easy as making a telephone call. You don’t worry about what device or network someone else is using when you make a phone call and Vidtel thinks you shouldn’t have to with video conferencing and calling, either.

If it sounds too good to be true, try it yourself.  

BYOD

Vidtel has set up a couple of public meeting rooms in the cloud where you can bring your own video conferencing device.  Come with a room-based system or executive video phone from Polycom, Tandberg/Cisco, LifeSize, Vu, InFocus; a PC/Mac with Counterpath, Skype or Google Talk; or a tablet or smartphone with Skype and get a colleague or two or more to meet you in the Vidtel cloud.

How to Dial Into a Vidtel MeetMe Room

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Each of these rooms has a capacity of 12 simultaneous users. If you are not able to join a room, it might be at capacity so please try at another time. If you see no one else, you might be the only participant, so invite a colleague.  There is no security PIN activated on these public rooms.

SIP devices / endpoints

Dial This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

H.323 devices

Dial 65.50.196.118. Enter meeting room 2002 or 2003, then #. 

Google Talk

To use the free Google video chat service, add This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to the Chat contact list in Gmail for auto- acceptance by the Vidtel network. Go to Gmail settings (gear icon), select Labs and enable Video Chat Enhancement. Within video chat, select the Google Talk address for the meeting room you want to try. Click on the video camera icon of the chat window to join the meeting room. Additional simultaneous Google Talk participants can use the same address to enter the room.

Skype

Try one of the following Skype contact IDs to access a room:

Each Skype contact can only be used simultaneously by one person so please try again if each ID is in use and you cannot enter the room. During an active call, make sure the video icon in the upper right of the Skype window is red. Click if white to activate video.

TIP:  Change the screen display

To toggle between screen layouts, press 5 on video conferencing devices with touchtone.