Skype's Improved Video Chatting - Page 2

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Michael Bartlett, director of Skype product management for Windows, said Skype engineers have designed data-compression technology that enables rich-quality voice conversations with as little as 2 kilobits per second of bandwidth and video calls on connections as slow as 6 kb/s.

Version 4.0 takes advantage of faster average speeds -- now typically 256 kb/s or better, he said. For high-resolution, full-screen Skype video calls, 90 Kb/s is ideal, he added. Skype will post further details on its blog later on Wednesday at share.skype.com/sites/en/. Windows PC users wishing to test Skype 4.0 may then download it