Kyle Spencer wrote thus on 1/27/10 4:49 PM:
> I've tried a video Skype call to the U.S. on MTN's home
> "broadband" (2GB/245,000UGX) and got about 10fps.  This was pre-fiber.

from what i gather, skype video uses a proiprietary codec called
VP7, with the following approximate data rate requirements:

30fps: 384kbps
15fps: approx 128kbps

oh, and there's latency too... but i guess this is no showstopper
with fiber
eb


> On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 15:20 +0300, Bernard Wanyama wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A friend of mine here in Uganda needs to do personal video chat with
>> relatives in the US.
>>
>> Can anybody with experience recommend a local  ISP with a home
>> broadband package that can do video chat using Skype or Yahoo video
>> chat comfortably?
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