calling geeks ...

[anna]

okay so which of you clever people know's if you can run skype video calls through your laptop through a mobile broadband connection and if so how rubbish is the connection or is it clear?

[Jayneflakes]

Oh you want a computer geek...

There was I about to go and get myself a cardboard broadsword and a twelve sided die...

Damnation.

Three Mobile broadband here, and don't use Skype video calls much, but it's always as good as a general webcam chat.

If you want to check out the quality of the call, the next time you're in one, click on the icon displayed for the person (the large icon), this will bring up loads of meaningless information. Feel free to screenshot this & post on this thread. (ALT+PRN SCR will grab only the active window).

[SoulKiss]

If you are talking about running Skype on a Laptop which is connected to a 3G service via a mobile phone or a USB modem then theoretically its a yes.

However the mobile provider may block Skype.

Leave it with me Anna and I will chat to a friend who is a technical analyst in the telecoms/IP area and find out which provider would be best - my feelings are that T-Mobile might be good for this but I will confirm tomorrow

Doubtful Anna. Here is what Skype say about the upload bandwidth requirements;

"For Skype-to-Skype voice calls we recommend: 10 kbits to 64 kbits speed.
for Skype-to-Skype video (both normal and high quality) we recommend: 384 kbps."

Your ISP should quote upload and download speeds for your subscription so check them.

[TSM]

no, not realy, ive tried

one it may not work depending on the plan you are on, but due to the nature os HSDPA the data transfer is not constant like ADSL, somtimes you will drop connection for several seconds or packets will be verry slow.

Lots of photogs in our office use 3G cards for pic upload in the field, usualy they endup at starbucks to use the WiFi.

As Ricardo said I would think 3G/HSDPA would have the throughput but you would have issues with latency (delays).

Dan

[anna]

Yeh okay it was a nice idea.. thanks guys.. I sometimes wish technology would hurry up a bit in developing the things i need

Quick run away, she wants all the geeks in one thread so she can have a cull.


Also who supplies your firewall, as if you have to install one that your mobile provider supplies then it might block the ports needed to connect. If I had my web cam I could check it for you, but at the moment its in Portsmouth.

[anna]

yeh i'm with vodaphone at the minute and it would mean changing phones to start with to be able to support 3G but that wouldnt be a major issue .. it would be the contract that would go with it that would sting me!!!.. time to look for another plan!