Hey all,
Just trying to figure out what my best mode of communication would be.
I have a friend overseas that I want to talk to, and we're both looking into ways we can talk free. I know off hand that both MSN Messenger and AIM support audio chat options, while Skype is more of a specified VoIP type application.
What's the pros/cons of each one? I'm looking for something that is real-time and has moderate b/w usage (max of 60 kb/sec down, 14 kb/sec up). Audio quality is nice, but can be sacrificed to maintain real time communications.
I know a veyr long time ago (4 yrs), I used some VoIP type thing, but the lag on it was tremendous (I would say something, and it would take 10 secs for the other end to hear).
Just trying to figure out what my best mode of communication would be.
I have a friend overseas that I want to talk to, and we're both looking into ways we can talk free. I know off hand that both MSN Messenger and AIM support audio chat options, while Skype is more of a specified VoIP type application.
What's the pros/cons of each one? I'm looking for something that is real-time and has moderate b/w usage (max of 60 kb/sec down, 14 kb/sec up). Audio quality is nice, but can be sacrificed to maintain real time communications.
I know a veyr long time ago (4 yrs), I used some VoIP type thing, but the lag on it was tremendous (I would say something, and it would take 10 secs for the other end to hear).