VIDEO CONNECT


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Video Connect Service provides an end-to-end solution for broadband/business
video services, and includes the total delivery of network and CPE.  This
service includes analog, digital, multiple speed, switched, non-switched,
compressed, non-compressed, broadcast and interactive full motion video
offerings.  In addition to the services described above, GTE, through teaming
relationships with GTE VisNet, will provide ongoing equipment maintenance,
on-line customer support, and high-margin video programming services.


BROADCAST QUALITY

      Video Connect Broadcast Quality Service provides transmission
      capability which supports a picture quality that meets or exceeds
      performance requirements for 525 line/60 field monochrome, or National
      Television System Committee (NTSC) color video signals.  In addition,
      this service transmits from one to four associated audio signals along
      with the video signal.  Video Connect Broadcast Quality Service employs
      two types of network facilities to complete the customer circuit.


COMMERCIAL QUALITY

      Video Connect Commercial Quality Service provides transmission
      facilities which support a picture quality that is near the performance
      requirements of NTSC broadcast quality video, but is not as high in
      quality as Broadcast Quality video.  Video Connect Commercial Quality
      Service employs two types of network facilities to complete the
      customer circuit.


BUSINESS QUALITY

      Video Connect Business Quality Service utilizes compressed video
      transmission techniques and equipment capable of transmitting good
      picture quality.  The video equipment being deployed with this service
      meets or exceeds both the NTSC and PAL requirements.  Video Connect
      Service Business Quality employs two types of network facilities to
      complete the customer circuit.

The following list identifies the current list of features available under the umbrella of
Video Connect Service:

           -    End to end turnkey solution.
           -    Switched and/or dedicated connections.
           -    Analog and/or digital services.
           -    Three quality grades of service.
           -    Protection from network obsolescence.
           -    Premium Services (e.g., Quad Split, One Touch, Image Plus
                Still Frame, Picture-in-Picture).
           -    National Help Desk.
           -    Consulting.
           -    Installation Supervision.
           -    Acceptance Testing.
           -    CPE Maintenance options.
           -    Program development.
           -    Customer training and ongoing support.
           -    High quality video and audio capabilities.


Future features will include usage sensitive billing, standard scheduling,
testing, troubleshooting and maintenance software across all service
offerings, and increased product offerings to include MPEG standards and
cable television transport offerings.

In the past, companies that were able to take advantage of video services
were usually those that had very specialized applications or those that had
"deep pockets", because video services were very expensive.  During the past
few years, the technology and the resulting video quality have improved
dramatically.

Due to the refinement of video applications, and the increased quality and
reduced cost of providing these services, video has become much more
accessible, and is being touted as the wave of the future.


APPLICATIONS:

           -    Interactive distance learning
           -    Video Arraignment
           -    Teleradiology
           -    Home Health Care Monitoring
           -    Video conferencing
           -    Video production
           -    Film Preview & Editing


BENEFITS:

           -    Improved network reliability.
           -    Route diversity.
           -    Improved network performance.
           -    Multispeed digital capabilities.
           -    High quality analog solutions.
           -    Improved response/delivery times.
           -    Reduced down time.
           -    Reduced cost (e.g., travel, labor, network).
           -    Standard equipment.
           -    Easy migration toward future networking technologies.
           -    Competitive pricing of services.


For more information, call 1-800-483-4926 M-F 8am - 8 pm eastern.

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