Transition Technology: Ticket #676: Alternative to Skype for TTech Meetings

ed — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:47:03 GMT

Transition Network uses Skype and google hangouts. Very likely to start using GotoMeeting? - for multinational calling including phone ins and TN paying for call ins (for national hubs and REConomy projects). Chris and Ed had discussed Big Blue Button (?) some years back - there will be a ticket somewhere. (NB this is not a high priority piece atm)

jim — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:30:48 GMT

My 2p: Hangouts have always worked excellently for me in the past. Skype is ropey past 2 users and seems sketchier to setup/keep running. Call-in conference services seems a little oldskool to me, but it's proven tech.

My vote: hangouts

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chris — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:04:51 GMT

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Is WebRTC ready to be used yet?

Looking at the demo here http://www.webrtc.org/demo it appears to work with Firefox on Android, could we simply install the demo code, https://code.google.com/p/webrtc/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fsamples%2Fjs%2Fapprtc in a directory on wiki:PenguinServer which uses the same HTAuthentication usernames and passwords as we have for Trac? Or does it need some server configuration?