tony evans

Thanks for the reply, I do not know my ping rates but I can tell you that when in conversation with someone the U.S. and I speak a quick sentence, I can usually get an echo back to my own computer, of my voice speaking, within about a second. So that is a round trip of my voice to their speakers and back. So the latency isn't too bad. Know any good sites to ping that wont time you out? I could give you a better answer.

I am currently living in Bangkok Thailand and the internet connection from here to the U.S. is quite slow. A 2Mb/512Kb connection on average gets me about 35KB/sec. I need video conference to the U.S. I do not know if a two way video connection requires simultaneous upload/download capabilities using seperate pairs of wires for transmit receive or if it is a shared connection using a single pair of wires for transmit/receive. IN OTHER WORDS... should I look for a ISP with a high upload and download speed (2Mb/2Mb) or the fastest possible download speed (4Mb/512Kb)? Anybody know? Please help!!!!