That very well could be the problem. I'm not sure how yahoo works as I don't
use it. If her family knows a bit about computers and or software I would
recommend RogerWilco (freeware) for voice chat and just use the Yahoo IM for
the video. Other wise cable would be a HUGE upgrade for your friend, but if
her family only has 56k it won't solve that problem. She can only send the
data as fast as her family can receive it. Also AOL is very bad with
bandwidth so she's not even getting a true 56k. However I would recommend to
anyone to get broadband over 56k any day.

-Justin Marzello

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Loc" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] No voice chat on Yahoo IM?


> I'm a friend who has a P4 2.o GHz, with 80G HD. She also has a Logitech
Pro4000 Webcam. She would like to "talk" with her family back home (from
Asia). She was able to see her family pic through webcam services. The
problem was she could not "talk" to her family member. I did set up
everything correctly, even setting her Logitech built-in microphone to be a
default microphone abd have it test. I even went through the Yahoo test site
to test her microphone, everything seems fine. But whenever she use Yahoo IM
to "talk" to her family, they could not hear her. I'm thinking maybe because
her 56K modem could not handle the webcam and the "voice chat"
simutaneously, that is why they cannot hear each other. If that so, can the
service such as cable modem or DSL enable her to voice chat with her
relative?
> Sincerely yours,
>
> John Loc.
>
> P.S: She is using AOL 8.0 as her ISP.
>
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