>
> I recently purchased a "webcam" (Intel PC Pro) and then had to
> upgrade from
> Windows 95 to get it working. I have done this basically to "converse"
> with my extended family out of town. My 72 year old mom just got a
> computer, camera and is on a Broadband system. I am on sloooooooooow
> dial-up. I do plan to get Broadband after the first of the year.
> We did a
> call (somehow) and it was grainy and choppy. I'm guessing that we both
> need to be on fast service to get anything approaching clear, full motion
> video.
Yes -- being on the same broadband supplier might help to -- that would
avoid many of the congestion at peering or network cross over points.
I do have a question. What are the
> advantages/disadvantages of the
> ways to "call" the other person: IP address, e-mail address, directory???
>
http://www.meetingbywire.com/NetMeeting101.htm dicusses call initiation
strategy -- basically whatever you use to start the call does not affect the
quality of the call so the choice ( none of them are mutually exclusive btw)
would be based on what fits your needs - I recommend in your case that you
use Msn Messenger -- it has a buddy system approach to contacts so that you
and your mother can avoid the open often blue atmosphere of the public
servers.
The email address contact method of reaching a contact via an ils server
only works if you both log into the same ils server.
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