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I do calls regularly with US clients and constantly amazed how bad the average Internet connection is over there. I'd say it's one of the biggest factors why WF
by ricardobayes 4y ago
I do calls regularly with US clients and constantly amazed how bad the average Internet connection is over there. I'd say it's one of the biggest factors why WFH can't really work there. Here in Europe what you mention was commonplace even before covid, senior people would regularly call in to an in-person meeting and it always worked fine. We used jabra stuff exclusively and it worked out well.
- konschubert 4y agoIt’s not about internet speed. It’s about room reverb. It’s fine for the people in the room, terrible for the people calling in. You can fix it by proofing the room with soft audio mats on the walls but somehow nobody wants to do this.
- batch12 4y agoBetter audio equipment can help too. We don't have padding in our many conference rooms, and do t have this issue.
- OJFord 4y agoAre you sure it's not just the latency compared to talking to your more local clients? i.e. that yours doesn't seem as crap to them? (I'm also in Europe fwiw, not defending national pride in ISPs!)
- robswc 4y agoI've worked with 100s of clients in the US and we rarely ever had internet issues. At most it was just someone dialing in or something dropping connection. What _is_ a problem (and maybe what OP meant) is when people that aren't talking leave their mics open causing awful effects.