[AccessD] Tele-conferencing

Hi John, take a look at Webex to see if it meets your needs.

http://www.webex.com/

Mike...

> I am working with a client where wee need to do some "tele-conferencing".
> I
> use that phrase lightly because what we really need is the ability to have
> one to three people at his end working with me to work through design
> issues
> and stuff.  They will use a projector to all watch a PC.  We are probably
> going to completely rebuild or at least a major redesign of an old Access
> app that I have been maintaining for them and which has enough issues to
> warrant this effort.  It is a large application, it runs their business
> and
> we need to have a "face to face" without me actually being there.  We do
> not
> need to see each other i.e. it's not about cameras to see the person, I
> have
> been to their business for several "long weekends" for real face to face
> meetings, and in fact will probably go there again in the next couple of
> months.
>
> What we really need is remote control software and perhaps drawing or
> other
> such things.  I have tried to use VNC into a system that they are logged
> in
> to and it has never worked well for some reason.  It caused mouse control
> issues, jerky mouse (neither of us could control it) and so forth.  I just
> never resolved the why of that.  So we are looking for an alternative and
> some reviews from folks that have used alternatives.  I guess (I have
> never
> used it myself) programs like GoToMyPC.  It seems that there are several
> out
> there.  I don't think that paying a reasonable fee per day / week would be
> an issue though we don't need a license for a year or anything like that.
>
> So has anyone out there used GoToMyPC or the like to do remote control of
> a
> PC while the folks at the other end are watching?  They need to be able to
> control it, as do I.
>
> Ideas and recommendations?
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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