VOIP meettings

[Jared Norris]

On 15 November 2011 09:25, Joel Pickett <jlkpcktt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 1. I'm not sure what other services are available out there, but I'm sure
> that Google Hangouts would be ideal for small social/planning event. Whether
> it's audio or video, I don't really see the need for ~20 to be active at
> once - depends what the purpose of the event is...?
> 2. By its nature, you need some level of bandwidth to participate in
> audio/video discussions. There's IRC, forums, mailing list - this is just
> another method to communicate. I don't think we can make it any more
> accessible than what the user's connection is set at.
> 3. I'm suggesting a g+ hangout for those interested... open to suggestions
> though
> Joel P
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On the IRC, I asked about uisng VOIP for the meeting
>> there were a few unanswered question:
>>
>> 1. A open service that can carter to group calls 20 or so people at once?
>> 2. Do people has enough bandwidth to support VOIP?
>> 3. Would VOIP be used?
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It depends on what we're using the VOIP service for. If we're using it
to REPLACE the IRC meetings then it would need to cater for more than
9 people. If we're looking to ADD it as a meeting the maybe we can
look into solutions that have lower thresholds.

I've not been involved in many phone conferences outside of work but I
know the ones at work can get messy quickly if you're seeking input
from a large number of users all at once.

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