>If I had my way we'd have taken the much simpler approach of declaring that for any meeting with one remote participant, everyone connects by video I've tried

>If I had my way we'd have taken the much simpler approach of declaring that for any meeting with one remote participant, everyone connects by video I've tried that in the past, but sadly even good office networks often get pretty choppy when you have 4 or 5 people all video calling from the same connection independently. The best solution I've found for that case is to invest in good video conference hardware for meeting rooms. Get a couple of area mics, and a big TV with a camera on it that can see the whole table.