iChat
iChat AV, Apple’s instant messaging and audio/video chat client, rocks. In terms of latency and quality it’s better than Skype, at least on our limited bandwidth NZ internet connection.
All technical aspects aside, it’s such an awesome tool to stay in touch with our friends and family in the Netherlands! Thanks uncle Steve!
But just now, we had the weirdest iChat experience ever… Normally, it takes about one or two seconds for a message to reach the other side (of the planet, that is). We’re used to it and it’s perfectly possible to have a conversation with this delay.
A few minutes ago however, we chatted with Gert’s sister in Amsterdam, and something strange was going on with the network over here. The delay varied between four and fifteen seconds. Try and have a conversation when both sides respond to what the others said fifteen seconds ago! It was surreal and confusing, but absolutely hilarious!
