GTalk in Gmail is near Skype quality and free, you can make calls from within the browser window, no additional app required.
Either side can setup a free Gmail account and can use audio or video.
GTalk in Gmail is near Skype quality and free, you can make calls from within the browser window, no additional app required.
Either side can setup a free Gmail account and can use audio or video.
Last edited by emx; 03-05-2013 at 01:32 PM.
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It means that many internet connections have a much higher download speed (the one always quoted) than upload speed. For example, an 8Mbps ADSL connection normally has an upload speed of 640kbps.
Having said that, 640kbps is still an order of magnitude better than needed for a voice call, so that may not be the issue.
In Thailand I suspect the issue may be latency outside the bounds with which Skype's transport mechanism can deal with.
I don't think it's a matter of simple bandwidth or symmetric/asymmetric lines. I mean, what does a compressed voice call take these days- 16 or 64k? More important is probably consistent latency (ping times) between the two callers.
I am most certainly not a voice/networks guy, but my first troubleshooting step would be a simple continuous ping to a known server in Thailand. If you get really variable or really high (300ms+) figures, then it's down to the quality of the connection.