... and another one makes three.

Way out on the Hauraki Plains of Auckland Provence, good quality, wired, ADSL connections can be a bit suspect. In spite of this, the second of our newly developed PODS was successfully installed and tested yesterday. This student was thrilled to see her POD arrive and she eagerly helped to unpack and set it up. Within a few minutes a satisfactory test connection was made with our engineer back in Auckland. It is also possible for these [currently three] students to connect with each other during holidays and weekends. It is now only a matter of getting other families on-line one at a time.

Today's 1:40 minute slideshow portrays yesterday's (typical) arrival and setup of a POD. It shows the slightly nervous family cautiously unpacking the box, finding (and reading!) the instructions, correctly lifting the the POD out of the box and sitting it on the floor. They found the two (only) cables and the line filter and correctly plugged them in. Because they followed the instructions, they were able to turn on the three power switches and make contact with the engineer standing by in Auckland. When completed they told me,
"To start with it looked a bit confusing but, it was really easy!"

Well done J and M and M!

Want to know a secret? Normally, a Videoconferencing engineer or technician is present when such an installation is performed. We were quoted $750 per installation. Yes, an engineer was standing by on-line today and was used for a few minutes but it looks as though even that may not be necessary in the future. Thank you and well done iCOM.