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With all the quarantine going on we are looking at two apps. Zoom and Gotomeeting. GTM is less expensive and is pretty ubiquitous but I hear lots of people talking about Zoom and have had a couple meetings with it. LOts of people talk about it, but I don't see ay advantage for more money, for what we would use.
Any ideas if it is worth the extra few $ per month per user?
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03-23-2020, 05:24 AM
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Of all the software I've used I think Zoon has been the most difficult. Sounds issues, disconnects... Has been a few months but Blue Jeans was pretty solid.
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03-23-2020, 05:57 AM
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I use both Zoom and an internal application on my VOIP system, 8x8. Zoom seems to work fine.
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Where I work, the North American IT branch just switched to Zoom. It's currently internal only for us. I've been on several in the last week and not had on seen any issues. I think most folks are using their cell phones (it uses data, not cell audio), but I know there are also folks using their PCs.
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We have used GoToMeeting for years since we have a dispersed engineering workforce, some admin as well.
Cheap and reliable. We often get Zoom invitations, Skype, etc, as well. We will stick with GTM...we use it at least three times a day even before 19.
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03-23-2020, 07:41 AM
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Zoom is free for up to 40 mins. per session.
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Red-Beard, thanks for the comparison. Though It seems GTM is less expensive than Zoom if paid a year at a time opposite of when they said.
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Are you running Windows and using Office365 ?
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Windows, yes. O365, no.
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I know teams is available on 365, but we aint going there.
Going to see if Zoom has a 501c3 policy.
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We've used Zoom for a couple years here. It's excellent. Better, more consistent, higher quality audio and video than GTM, WebEx, Teams, etc.
Used teams yesterday on a customer call, not great. For me, this whole work from home thing is BAU, except I'm normally on road visiting projects and customers 1/2 time, so being at home for so long I'm getting stir crazy. |
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03-23-2020, 01:31 PM
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Burn the fire.
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Microsoft Teams and Join.me are other options.
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Zoom. Skype. Go To Meeting. WebEx. Blue Jeans. Google Hangouts. MS Teams. Used them all. They all have their quirks. I did attend a two-day online class two weekends ago and Zoom worked pretty well.
My only gripe with it is by default, video is on. Oh and our sales teams and customer care teams prefer Zoom for external meetings. |
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How about that Zoom stock today!
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03-23-2020, 07:32 PM
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I find Webex is the best, and free right now for about 3 months
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