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Meetings of all kinds and sizes routinely take place among geographically separated participants.
Grader A: hit
Remote meetings were routine in business by 2009: conference calls and web conferencing were standard, Cisco paid $3.2 billion for WebEx in 2007, and 19% of Americans had tried video calls or teleconferencing online by 2010. Remote participation in meetings of many sizes was normal, even if most meetings were still in person.
Test: Routine use by at least 20% of the relevant industry (organizations holding meetings): web and phone conferencing were standard enterprise tools; 23% of internet users had used video calls or teleconferencing by 2010.
Grader B: hit
Conference calls, web meetings and videoconferencing were routine in business by 2009; Skype carried 12% of international call minutes and firms deployed telepresence from 2006.
Test: Industry test: remote meetings routine in >20% of firms by 2009.