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Subject: [Leica] Planning a LUG video gathering
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:27:39 +0100
References: <d848b7347ef6617410698689a3633bd0@reid.org> <3cdc4570-bd3e-8ec3-113e-d4924c06ed07@summaventures.com> <ead434129eba28697f5b95eab4ddf440@reid.org>

Seems pretty slick, Brian, and easy to use. I'm on the open meeting now 
just to test it, and the only thing I can't work out, is whether the 
sound is working, as there's no one else on it.
I'm presuming it's fine as I assume it's unlikely you can hear your own 
voice when you speak. I'll leave it on for the next 15 mins and if 
anyone else wants to test it, I'll be here (or there) as it may be.

Douglas

On 30/03/2020 23:55, Brian Reid wrote:
> WebEx is owned by Cisco, which makes its money selling large expensive 
> devices that deliver high bandwidth. It is in Cisco's financial 
> interest for WebEx to be bandwidth hungry. Zoom is capable of running 
> in much more congested conditions than Webex is. Zoom makes its money 
> selling usage licenses for its software. They are in fact a customer 
> of Cisco. Zoom was founded by a WebEx engineer who was frustrated at 
> WebEx's unwillingness to modernize and streamline its product.
>
> On 2020-03-30 2:48 pm, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> I was using Webex via a web browser (in my case Firefox 61) a couple of
>> weeks ago for a week's worth of international meetings and that worked
>> fine. Only issue was - and always will be - bandwidth.
>>
>> Just 2p worth,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On 29/03/2020 00:54, Brian Reid wrote:
>>> After some research,
>>>
>>> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?iso=20200331&p1=1240&p2=62&p3=78&p4=31&p5=553&p6=102&p7=152
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> it seems that the time that includes the largest fraction of regular
>>> contributors is 14:00 GMT.
>>>
>>> An alternate time of 02:00 or 03:00 GMT would include the Far East but
>>> shut out Europe and be marginal for much of the USA.
>>>
>>> I have called in to international phone meetings more times than I can
>>> count (mostly IETF, RIPE, and ICANN), so I know first-hand how hard it
>>> is to cope with telecommunications at times I should be sleeping.
>>>
>>> After listening to discussion, I will set up a trial Zoom session or
>>> two, and we can see what happens.
>>>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Planning a LUG video gathering)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Planning a LUG video gathering)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Planning a LUG video gathering)