Bad Quality Video

Hi, I frequently video chat with two users at the same time. I am in the US, another in Mexico and another in France. They both have macbooks with intel. I have a G4 with OS 10 and iChat 3. I recently changed ISP from Comcast to Bellsouth (Att DSL) and since I have noticed the lower video quality. Is the ISP change the reason, or can we make adjustments on our ends to get better quality? They both have cable providers. Thanks.

Hi,
All parties should go to System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming tab and set the speed to 1.5Mbps and restart ichat to see the new speed.
This is particularly important in IChat 3/Tiger where the Automatic setting is read as a 0 (zero)
10:39 PM Monday; August 18, 2008

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