Yesterday, when I was on a Skype three way call, where one of the callers kept freezing and the other kept getting higher resolution focus, all I could think was “I wish we were on Google Hangouts.” After talking to a friend at Google who said that Hangouts is now pervasive at Google, I’m going to try it more frequently.Īny feedback from any of you about performance / quality of Skype vs.Definition: Synchronous voice communication via traditional telecommunications infrastructure, H.323 videoconferencing protocol, or the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
It worked flawlessly on exactly the same connection. Each time we tried Google Hangouts as a backup. Audio worked but we couldn’t get a sustained video connection. In the US case I was using my Verizon 4G MiFi, in the Barcelona case I was tethered to my AT&T iPhone. One was a US call and one was for a 30 minute presentation to a group of about 200 people in Barcelona at the Silicon Valley Comes to Barcelona event. I noticed that twice last week I had horrible Skype connections. I equipped my desktops with HD cameras, took my MacBook Air on the road, and didn’t look back, until recently. And, as anyone who has ever asked me to speak to a class of students knows, I have a huge weakness for always saying yes to this so I’ve been doing this via videoconferencing as well.Īfter exploring a bunch of different options last year, I decided to use Skype everywhere since it was “good enough”, simpler, and portable. I’m also giving a lot of talks around the world, especially on Startup Communities, so rather than travel and burn a day (or more), I’m doing 30 minute videoconferencing things remotely. I’ve tried to aggressively shift to video conferencing instead of audio conferencing for anything longer than a 15 minute call.
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