"Chat" Internet Telephone

• While AOL users are currently accessing "Chat Rooms" to communicate with other people on the Internet, they are restricted to text-based communication or possibly an icon as their identity online.
• CUCME from Carnegie Mellon provides a means for people to actually see other people online.
• However, network speed is once again a limiting factor.
• If a user is not directly connected to the Internet (most connections are via modem), then the image is extremely slow.
• This application will become more popular with increased network connections.