New Tiger Install-iChat fails to "respond"

I've tried dozen times to start a video chat - prev version had no problem, but Tiger seems to have something of a glitch - I invite my partner, the video preview is OK (of me of course), it indicates that it's in progress(the invitation), then after about 1 minute - I get a message:
" John Conley (me) did not respond " ... why would my Mac not respond to an invite I made to someone else ? I've checked all of the "preferences", none suggest that I have reset my default to respond to my own invitation.
I have a confirmed 6 MB per second bandwidth, so bandwith is NOT a problem.. is there a setting SOMEWHERE on my Mac I have to make to get this new iChat to work ???

Hi John,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
See Help for iChat AV 3 Problems. Those suggestions will likely get you working.

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