![]() Wireless networks in the home work fine, again, see the WiFi Hot Spot comparison for more information. ![]() Using a tool such as SpeakEasy ( ) you can test your upstream speed (see Yeoldetechy article on WiFi hot spots to be posted in a week or so). This needs to be at least 256,000 bits per second (256 kbps). By “upstream” I mean the signal going UP into the Internet cloud. These give you connections to the Internet at the higher “upstream” speeds required for videoconferencing. Yeoldetechy says: The Internet is the standard.įirst, you need a DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable modem Internet connection. Now, products for videoconferencing can be proprietary and still be standards based. However, the Internet has changed everything. Why introduce a product that was not interoperable with the rest of the world? Some very large companies did exactly that. ![]() In the old days, Yeoldetechy was dead set against products that were not based on the standards. Since that time the world of desktop videoconferencing has evolved from telephone-based systems (Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN) that cost over $5000 to Internet based systems needing only a web cam and ranging in cost between FREE (for non-standards based) to less than $200 for standards based systems (these allow interoperability with videoconferencing systems in use at corporations, schools and universities). ![]() Yeoldetechy has been evangelizing, and using, “desktop videoconferencing” since 1992 (see web site for scanned and uploaded articles from years past). “ ooVoo” was introduced a few months ago, and the INSTANT Yeoldetechy loaded it and tried it, I was hooked! ooVoo has, in my opinion, the capability to finally meet the ideal of providing easy-to-use visual interactive communication for everyone. ![]()
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