[GTALUG] Skype platform connectivity challenge

Mauro Souza thoriumbr at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 00:10:33 EDT 2017


Try DiscordApp. I use it for gaming, not sure if the bandwidth will be
enough.

On Apr 19, 2017 01:08, "Alex Beamish via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My chorus is thinking about having a coach work with us over a Skype
> connection, with the catch that we rehearse at a church whose WiFi we're
> not allowed to use. (It's complicated.)
>
> It would be possible to use a cell phone as a hotspot, but I'm not sure if
> it would provide enough bandwidth for the call. The rehearsal would be
> about three hours, so at 128kbps (Google's answer for Video calling), that
> would burn through 135M, so about 1/7 of my monthly allotment. Then again,
> video isn't necessarily required, and that would cut down the required
> bandwidth to 30kbps.
>
> Are there any alternative products or services that anyone could suggest
> for this type of application?
>
> --
> Alex Beamish
>
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