Buddy can see me, but I can't see him

I'm trying to chat with a buddy who is staying in a hotel. We both have macs and isight cameras. He can see me and can see himself on his screen, but I can't see him - it's just a grey screen. Could it be the hotel connection, or is this an ichat problem?

hi theresap,
Welcome To The Apple Discussion Pages.
Most likely it is the Bandwidth of the Hotel.
It could be ports but this is less liekly as he can see you.
He should check System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming tab > Streaming drop down and set it to 1.5Mb. It is likely that the hotel is at least at T1 speeds if not faster. If he is on Automatic iChat does not work properly and lower speed cap iChat as do the settings in iChat Preference > Video > Bandwidth Limit drop down. This should be set to NONE.
8:24 PM Friday; March 24, 2006

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