Re: [Ekiga-list] configuration

[John Hawley <johnhawley blueyonder co uk>]

Thanks very much for your suggestion but minicom and similar text based 
devices have now been supplanted with sms, and IM both of which are poor 
substitutes for face to face talking.

The irritating thing is that we have used skype video calling for this 
purpose for 3 or 4 years (with varying degrees of success) but the trend 
for ever increasing camera resolution is outstripping bandwidth 
resulting very good quality pictures but at a transmission rate 
inadequate for lip-reading purposes. Perhaps I should clarify that by 
bandwidth, I mean upload bandwidth, whereas download bandwidth has 
steadily increased over the last few years, (currently because its 
copper wires into the house its 8Meg), upload bandwidth has remained at 
250k thus end to end video is at 250K! UK ISPs appear to have no 
interest in increasing this number!

What I'm trying to achieve is to force all/most of that available 
bandwidth into video stream and Ekiga would at least seem to offer that 
prospect.

It also seems to me that such a configuration, if it could be achieved, 
would soon have a dedicated fan base amongst the hearing impaired and 
potentially could attract (although I'm sure you're wary of "sponsors") 
some funding from the EU or Deaf charities.

Thanks again John H