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Devac  ·  1725 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to Self Quarantine

You're welcome. I can also recommend roll20 if your project meetings requires a lot of procedural dice rolls and initiative tracker. :P

    though, depending on how the software handles the data, the official record of player actions and positions is only a one-way transmission to the central server, right?

I suppose so, but that's probably not the main source of lag. The 'last mile' is often the bottleneck, so just because you have high-bandwidth fibre doesn't mean that the other person's is equally lucky.

    why in the hell are companies paying for conferencing software like WebEx, with 5x or more latency? Security?

Well, if everything else comes from Cisco, maybe it's some package deal? I never used WebEx, but my limited experience with corporate people forced me to conclude that looking professional / UX / foolproof setup is much more important than raw performance. What's the alternative, have everyone at work learn, dunno, OBS or let them choose their own third-party solution?