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NetMeeting question...

The device you neet to do multi-user chat is called an "MCU" A hardware box is quite expensive. I know a while back there was some server software MCU projects going on. Netmeeting is already obsolete. ( according to MS ) You might look here for more info. http://archive.devx.com/netmeeting/
 
Actually, NetMeeting isn't exactly considered "obsolete" by MS. It's still available for download, and comes pre-installed with XP. In fact, app sharing capabilities of both IM clients from MS utilizes the T.120 protocol provided directly from NetMeeting.

Intel's H.323 protocol (which is the A/V protocol used for NetMeeting) does not support multi-point A/V in and of itself. However, this protocol was widely adopted by many different "webphone" apps. CUSeeMe provides conferencing mirrors on their servers, which creates multi-point A/V conferences using the H.323 protocol. There are one or two other services, but I can't remember who they are now...however, have your credit card ready.

Another option is corporate based: if your company has Exchange Conferencing Server, multi-point A/V with NetMeeting works great. It's essentially a browser-based utility. Performance is surprising, considering all the A/V streams. Unfortunately, it's corporate-only...no 'net buddies allowed.
 
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