There is also a service from Infomaniak. They are located in
Switzerland, so I don't know about the network performance, but I would
guess they would have servers in North America.
meet (dot) infomaniak (dot) com
They say that their service is free during Covid-19.
On 2020-04-02 10:52 a.m., Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
On 2020-04-02 08:39, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
given zoom's recent very, very, very bad press:
https://techbeacon.com/node/3805
what alternatives are people here using? here's one article that
proposes some alternatives:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21202945/zoom-alternative-conference-video-free-app-skype-slack-hangouts-jitsi
I'll have a look at these two links...
I've had exactly the same concerns. When trying to set up zoom a number
of days ago, I was pretty surprised when I first got redirected from
zoom.us to zoom.com.cn. Then it pushed me to install their app rather
than let me use my browser. The next day, even though I had managed to
connect the night before, it would not let me in until I fed it an SMS
account number, but I have no cell phone. Mike Gifford shared this link
with me that confirmed my concerns and also suggested viable
alternatives:
https://metaviews.substack.com/p/future-tools-jitsi?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDEwNDg0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDU2NDIsIl8iOiJ4MmwyOCIsImlhdCI6MTU4NTc3NTI4NCwiZXhwIjoxNTg1Nzc4ODg0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTY4ODIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.g3Q-oeKzMoSOvJvMDQYMUkDPzDojEqLVKpDo5sKe6ac
just curious if anyone has personal experience with any of the
lesser-known alternatives?
Mike did set up a jit.si session for us, but the others in the call were
more enticed by the shinyness of zoom and all left the call. I would
have preferred to have stayed on the jit.si call.
Rob, thank you for starting this thread!
rday
slainte mhath, RGB
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