[GTALUG] Skype platform connectivity challenge

[Marc Lijour]

https://ring.cx open source and fully distributed skype replacement.

Unfortunately for you, the bandwidth consumption is close to skype for 
video calls according to UQAM (Montreal university) tests. The chat 
consumes way less, but it sounds you want audio + video.


On 2017-04-19 12:08 AM, Alex Beamish via talk 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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