I admit it. I am a complete addict to web conferencing when it comes to communication. I have MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ, something called Rendezvous (I’m not actually sure what it is) all logged into my Trillian Pro messenger. I even have Skype with an unlimited calling subscription. I still use Windows Live Messenger for video conferencing simply because I like the layout. That and Trillian kind of sucks when it comes to video conference features. I mean, even the sounds on Trillian are so annoying that I disabled them entirely. It does a good job at keeping me logged into all those messengers, but lets say the benefits end there. Skype can still be said to be in beta when it comes to video conference features because it still crashes quite often.
As you may have noticed, I’m quite a fan of video conferencing as well since it really is an awesome way to converse over long distances without having to rely constantly on emoticons as facial expressions and instead see how a person reacts. Works best when you have a microphone as well. One company I researched a bit is MegaMeeting which provides a meeting service like Hot Conference (currently very popular for big business conferences). You can try their free trial if you like, doesn’t cost anything.
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