[kwlug-disc] bandwidth in conferencing

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Note that BBB does not scale that well. People on the newsgroup report
> that it chokes around 80 users, and cannot go much above 150 because
> of node.js .

I want to note that this is again a question of bandwidth in 
conferencing, not at the pipe level, but on application level.

Interesting how low level reality comes out again :) .

> There ought to be a way to streamcast a BBB session the way that the
> FSF streamed the Jitsi session, but I do not know what that is yet. It
> is tricky because a BBB session consists of several different streams:
> the HTML5 client, the audio (FreeSWITCH), and one stream per
> webcam/screensharing session (Kurento).
Yes, server rooms are not going anywhere. Let local shops run your 
stuff, not monopolies.