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Until a few years ago, videoconferencing had a future as brilliant as it was simple: international standards would be agreed, prices would fall, quality would rise, and every company would have a videoconferencing system. This prognosis was accurate, except for the simplicity. The internet and other technological developments brought complexity, and it suddenly became feasible for every computer to be wired for video. Videoconferencing and computing are converging, and different kinds of