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Re:Whatsapp: Video Calling by crdb on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:23AM (#12956460)
It's the opposite for me. All WhatsApp calls - including to others in Singapore literally less than a mile from me - have a 3 second lag. This is not the case with Skype.
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Re:Whatsapp: Video Calling by torrent-of-ions on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:32AM (#12956497)
Yep, WhatsApp is high latency and really latency is more important than quality for voice calling. Video calling I think is actually a bit more lenient because you can pick up more visual cues to more easily adjust for the lag.
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Re:Whatsapp: Video Calling by yati on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @04:10AM (#12956651)
Same for me, where WhatsApp randomly tries to "reconnect" for audio only calls, Skype works flawlessly with video. Also, with Skype, I can make really cheap international calls to phones. I only wish they'd not abandoned the Linux client so badly.
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Re:Whatsapp: Video Calling by unixhero on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @05:57AM (#12957070)
It's not the same for me.

EUROPE TO US, EUROPE TO LATIN AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA - EUROPE ASIA TO EUROPE

All without latency.

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