VTC Brings Dad To Delivery Room

[George]

Injured Marine Watches Daughter's Birth On TV

A Rhode Island mother got help last week from her husband during the birth of their first child -- thanks to videoconferencing.

Sharon Kingdon's husband is a U.S. Marine who was recently wounded overseas. He was sent to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland to recover. But with his wife due to give birth any day, there was no way he could be at Women & Infants' Hospital in Providence, R.I., the for the big day.

So, what's a mother to do?

Read The Article: http://www.vtctalk.com/newsviewer.php?id=12

[mazzarak]

now that's a real use of conferencing facilities - no room bookings required or anything :D

My brother in law is getting married in Canada in July, but my wife is going to be 7.5 months pregnant at the time, which I'm told is not a great time for air travel ;)

so I figured that VC was the way to go ... until they announced that the ceremony and party was being held at a campsite!

Anyone one know of any serious wireless equipment that would do the job?

Or can anyone lend us a two mile long LAN cable? :lol:

[George]

Originally posted by mazzarak@Jun 8 2004, 08:20 AM

Or can anyone lend us a two mile long LAN cable? :lol:
And a couple of line amplifiers lol :)

[Skylark]

Ill donate 100m of lan cable and an old 10M hub :D