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How do P2P video calls work? For a 10 people call do you need N*(N-1)/2 = 45 connections? Do residential internet connections have that much upload bandwidth ?
by drexlspivey 5y ago
How do P2P video calls work? For a 10 people call do you need N*(N-1)/2 = 45 connections? Do residential internet connections have that much upload bandwidth ?
- mhitza 5y agoSkype used to be P2P before the Microsoft acquisition. HN tread when it was switched off https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3915479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3915479 It offloaded routing to peers that had better hardware/bandwidth. The downside was that many people were not aware of that at the time, myself included, thus on some computers Skype would seemingly consume more resources than expected.
- dmitriid 5y agoThe reason wasn't Microsoft acquisition but the rise of mobile. P2P does not work well on mobile devices.