Video Chat over Dial-up Connection

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Video Chat over Dial-up Connection

Hi,

Is it possible to have a video chat over a dial-up connection? If it is, I'm interested to hear what is the experience like from anyone who has tried it. Is it acceptable? How about having 3 person AV conference, and one connection is dial-up?

I'm looking at buying an MacBook for my parents so they can chat and see the grandkids but they only have dial-up and getting broadband is not really an option since where they are it's still ridiculously expensive.

Thanks for your replies,
Alex

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jul 14, 2008 6:57 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 16, 2008 1:28 PM in response to stankal

Hi,

Since I started with iChat in 2003 I have only ever seen one post about a successful iChat Video over Dial-Up.

As I recall it was from Britain to somewhere in Ireland and the Irish end was using IDSN at the time at about 66kbps and that it was late in the day.

The Minimum spec stated is for an Internet connection of 100kbps but iChat will give you an Error message when it detects a Bandwidth or Connection speed less than 50kbps.

Realistically this (above) was a fluke and the answer is NO.

9:28 PM Wednesday; July 16, 2008

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Answer 2

stankal Author

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Jul 17, 2008 6:27 PM in response to Ralph-Johns-UK

I was afraid that was the case. Thanks for your reply.

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Answer 3

Jul 18, 2008 11:57 AM in response to stankal

No Problem

7:57 PM Friday; July 18, 2008

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