VOIP meettings

[Josh McFarlane]

Here are some thoughts. Perhaps it would be worth having a look at Mumble
as it is both free and open source. Mumble should also meet the
requirements for the number of people using it. Although Mumble is aimed at
the gaming community I think that it would work quite well in a meeting
environment.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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