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Judge Monty Ahalt, ODR pioneer, on Mediate.com:

“Advances in technology will make ODR a more viable solution for the parties and neutrals alike. Technology has reached a level of general acceptance and will gain widespread recognition as an aide to make dispute resolution faster, cheaper and more widely available. Not that everyone will race online to settle to an entire resolution process, but widespread adoption of parts of the process will continue to increase. This is largely because:

• Improvements in web-conferencing technology, such as Skype, IOCOM’s Visimeet and Apple’s FaceTime, will enable better online video communications.
• Improved online case management services will enable files to be stored online in a more secure and confidential way.
• Neutral Listing serviceswill enable neutrals to market themselves.
• PaaS and SaaS will see an expansion with existing and new online providers.
• Institutional Control will be readily recognized as unfair and biased, if, for no other reason, because they appear to control the outcome.”

I agree, the time is now.  Check the article out:
http://www.mediate.com/articles/AhaltA1.cfm