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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marke
> Johnston
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [NetMeeting] anyone have practical experience connecting to
> europe?
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> I am going to Slovakia (.SK) this christmas, I hope to set my
> girlfriend up
> with a camera & net meeting 3.01 & icq & the wonderful ICQ fix
> so we can talk for $1.40 an hour (her intenet connection charge on
> weekends) --and see each other also
>
> I know european modem/net connections are not 'as fast' as here
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> questions- anyone do/done this? is video a possibility? at any
> reasonable
> rate?
Video might be possible -- it depends on the end to end bandwidth ( which
may be limited by the connection at the other end but is just as likely to
be limited by routers somewhere in between)
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> and what settings (other than the audio compression tweak) should I
> consider?
Well other than using the smallest video size probably nothing will have
much effect.
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> I expect the bottleneck to be her ISP & phone conditions..
>
> WORST case scenario-- is it possible to use my computer & modem to call
> hers directly (bypassing internet) for videophone calls??
> (at my long distance rates, I know-- but adding video it would be better
> than just talking)
> (i was amazed I could not find this feature in net meeting--
> unless-- could
> I use Dial Up networking to make my computer my own two computer intranet
> with ip connections?)
Noel Danjou has published a paper on how to do this ( using DUN and Dial up
server at one end)-
http://noeld.com/download.htm
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> thanks for comments/suggestions/feedback....
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