Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytime you’re available

Re:Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytim... by pistoriusp on Thursday March 19, 2020 @06:40AM (#22626215)

People use Zoom because it's really reliable, not because it's "seamless."

I've been in the middle of nowhere in South Africa and could use a 3G connection on my phone to speak to people in Germany and the United States at the same time and it was reliable and useable.

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Re:Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytim... by mmvs on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:01AM (#22626634)

I fully agree with this. Zoom has done a huge amount of work optimizing its transfer protocols to make it that reliable. Is it possible to offer same reliability using WebRTC in a browser when 50 participants are connected? I am not sure. Even https://whereby.com/ offers only up to 12 people on their highest plan. I think videoconferencing software like Remotehour serves a different purpose - seamlessly jump to a videocall without any software required to install until zoom releases a web client.

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Re:Show HN: Remotehour – Allows people to talk to you anytim... by shyamady on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:05AM (#22626345)

Thank you for your feedback. Yeah, Zoom is cool.

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