It's funny how we were just talking about how to break BTC's monopoly (http://www.bahamasissues.com/showthread.php?t=10942). Check this out

http://www.tokbox.com - has free video calling with no software download! All that you need is a fast internet connection, a webcam and a microphone.

You can either send the link by email to the person you want to talk to , or post the link on a site (like I did here (http://www.techknowledgeit.com)) or even embed it into your website (like I did here (http://www.dabahamianting.com))

Features:

Free video chat
No cost. No prepaid minutes. Really free.

No downloads
Talk through your browser. No chat client needed.

Any website
Embeddable on all websites and social networks.

Privacy control
You control who can see you and who can't.


DID I MENTION THAT ITS FREE?

Nice, though make sure you have a Flash Enabled Browser, or you will need to install it. Some older versions of FF need to download and install Flash. Should have been done already though when Windows was setup.

Nice, though make sure you have a Flash Enabled Browser, or you will need to install it. Some versions of FF need to download and install Flash.

Hey, they have a developer's challenge as well. $5000 to build something with the API. I'm going for it.

Interested?

Hey, they have a developer's challenge as well. $5000 to build something with the API. I'm going for it.
Interested?

nah, its just web based and relies on their website .. not a typical API in the sense that I use them, but let me know how you get on :)

I already have code for desktop applications for webcams and 2 way audio, even has motion detection etc, IP to IP no relay server needed .. just cant do anything "commercial" with it while Im living in this country. :(

nah, its just web based and relies on their website .. not a typical API in the sense that I use them, but let me know how you get on :)
I already have code for desktop applications for webcams and 2 way audio, even has motion detection etc, IP to IP no relay server needed .. just cant do anything "commercial" with it while Im living in this country. :(

What is stopping you? VoIP is not illegal here. Sending voice traffic in and out of the country is. If you write some VoIP code, you can sell that all day long to the international market, without a care in the world. Once you start enabling people to bypass BTC for long distance, that is when the problem occurs.

What is stopping you? VoIP is not illegal here. Sending voice traffic in and out of the country is. If you write some VoIP code, you can sell that all day long to the international market, without a care in the world. Once you start enabling people to bypass BTC for long distance, that is when the problem occurs.

To test it during development, I may at some point need to send audio out of the country. Anything like MSN, Yahoo, etc, when using any form of voice over IP such as speaking to another person on a mic, is sending audio to a server out of the country so that is illegal according to the PUC also.

In any event, according to the laws online, the way i read it, it doesnt matter if the voice data is being sent in or out of the country, its just illegal to send any kind of voice data over the internet (or anything that uses the IP protocol). Basically they say unless you are using a device/software provided by a locally licensed provider, it is against the law, to them anyway. :(

Basically they say unless you are using a device/software provided by a locally licensed provider, it is against the law, to them anyway. :(
Those are the key words.

If the provider is local. Meaning that they legitimately could come after a "distributor" here, but I don't think that they would do anything to you in the "testing" phase.

When you really think about it, you wouldn't even show up on their radar unless you told someone about it. We don't have any tech savvy government organizations who would be able to differentiate between your voip traffic and yahoo's, msn's, skype's, or even vonage or da vibe. Really though.

Those are the key words.
If the provider is local. Meaning that they legitimately could come after a "distributor" here, but I don't think that they would do anything to you in the "testing" phase.
When you really think about it, you wouldn't even show up on their radar unless you told someone about it. We don't have any tech savvy government organizations who would be able to differentiate between your voip traffic and yahoo's, msn's, skype's, or even vonage or da vibe. Really though.

Yep thats true, we use all kinds of different ports anyway.
I'll be adding in 2 way audio into my Remote Viewer first though, so will take it from there.