Home Skip to main content

Research Reports
Report Details

Title:TEL8: The Development of a Transportation Video Conference Network
Authors:Douglas Benson and Julie Rodriguez
Publication Date:Nov 2002
Report #:SP-149
TRID #:01685022
Keywords:communications, partnerships, state departments of transportation, telecommunications, universities and colleges, video
Type:Research Report – Staff Papers

Abstract

TEL8 is a video conference network in the north-central and mountain states dedicated to improving and enhancing transportation systems in the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) Region 8. Established in 1994, the video conference and telecommunications network created a partnership among the region's six state Departments of Transportation and the four Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) transportation research universities. The TEL8 system includes video conference facilities at each TEL8 site and, originally, a satellite-based transmission medium connecting the network. TEL8 elects a board of directors to govern the system and establishes a network control center to manage the administrative, technical, and programming functions of the network. TEL8's highest priority is the quality of programming on the network.

NDSU Dept 2880P.O. Box 6050Fargo, ND 58108-6050
(701)231-7767ndsu.ugpti@ndsu.edu