What’s the difference between an “IP network” and “the internet” related to video conference service providers
Allenby asked:
Searching for a global, multi-party video conferencing service provider, one of the companies I’ve come across have told me that they provide connections to an IP network, not the internet, which is supposed to enable high quality video transmissions between a number of participants located in different places around the world. They give you an IP address to which you connect directly, “avoiding the whims of internet traffic”.
My question is the following: am I not sending data through the internet anyway in order to connect to their IP address? Is it possible to deploy an international private IP network in order to provide local IP addresses in each country participating in the video conference, bypassing local ISPs and particular bandwith configurations?
I’ll really appreciate anyone shedding light on this one!
Eric
Searching for a global, multi-party video conferencing service provider, one of the companies I’ve come across have told me that they provide connections to an IP network, not the internet, which is supposed to enable high quality video transmissions between a number of participants located in different places around the world. They give you an IP address to which you connect directly, “avoiding the whims of internet traffic”.
My question is the following: am I not sending data through the internet anyway in order to connect to their IP address? Is it possible to deploy an international private IP network in order to provide local IP addresses in each country participating in the video conference, bypassing local ISPs and particular bandwith configurations?
I’ll really appreciate anyone shedding light on this one!
Eric
Audrey
Are they offering an MPLS connection? MPLS can be used to carry many different kinds of traffic, including IP packets, as well as ATM, SONET, and Ethernet. This is private and does not traverse the Internet.
Good luck