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by john

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One of my VPs has me looking into options to host meetings using audio and video across multiple internal locations. It needs to also be able to display multiple cams at once so everyone can see everyone else at all times in the conference. I would like something I could host internally on our WAN. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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by shiny_topadm

There are many ways to do this, but to answer your question with suggestions, we need to know 3 things: How high-quality do you want this to be; What kind of bandwidth do you have available; What's the budget. For example, TelePresence from Cisco Systems [I'm not endorsing, just mentioning] looks great if you have the budget and bandwidth, for me, I can't count high enough!!

by john

I am looking for something software based that I could run on a Linux or Windows Server. As far as bandwidth, most of our offices have 1.5mbs down and 768kbs up to us. Of course during a meeting none of the offices would have more than one connection to us and we are looking at probably a max of 10 at once. This would most likely only be used once a month. All that a really need is Audio and Video. Remote access to desktops would be nice, but not necessary.

I don't have a budget but, I'm trying to find something I do not have to subscribe to as a service (ie.: WebEx). This will also be kind of a trial run too. So any thing that has a trial download would be helpful as well.

by jaqui

both software based.
Skype, though it can be laggy with multiple users in a call
and Gizmo5

for software to software calls, like your conference, it would be free with either
the call in / call out to integrate with regular phone service it would be a cost, how much depending on usage.

both are SIP protocol software telephony applications.

Show Me Do website switched from skype to Gzmo5 because the lag in skype calls hurt their monthly conferences with contributors to the website.
[ only about 15 users per call ] and Gizmo5 has handled that with far fewer issues.

another small note:
Skype video is spotty with Linux, most video conferencing apps don't work well with linux, so if linux support is important, look for functioning linux app as the number one requirement.

by john

vSkype (Skype Video) is limited to two callers. I've checked into it as Skype was my home phone provider for 2 years. I will take a look at Gzmo5.

All of our desktops are WindowsXP. I just mainly use Linux as a Server OS. I was just stating I could host on Linux or Windows2003 servers.

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