mom31257 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Would Google Hangouts be a good choice to host a free conference call kind of discussion? I was thinking of hosting a book club online with some of our support group families. Would there be a better, free platform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Anyone have any experience or another suggestion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 My family uses Hangouts for a weekly video chat and it works great. We usually have 5-6 people. My sister sometimes has issues because of her super slow internet, but if she turns her camera off that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Skype? Discord? Curse? They all work well with multiple people. That's all I've got, sorry. For your purposes, I may use Skype; I don't even know what google hangout is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 My family uses Hangouts for a weekly video chat and it works great. We usually have 5-6 people. My sister sometimes has issues because of her super slow internet, but if she turns her camera off that helps. Do you know the max number who can be on it? Can you just do audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Do you know the max number who can be on it? Can you just do audio? I'm not sure if there is a max number. It's very easy to toggle the camera off. I'm not sure if there is a way to keep others from turning on their webcams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Skype? Discord? Curse? They all work well with multiple people. That's all I've got, sorry. For your purposes, I may use Skype; I don't even know what google hangout is! I think skype has a limit on how many people you can call at once for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I think skype has a limit on how many people you can call at once for free. It does have a limit of 25 :/ But Discord can handle hundreds, from what I hear! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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