# VoIP conferencing on Windows + Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 4, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voip-conferencing-on-windows-mac/283056 "2005-01-04T17:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voip-conferencing-on-windows-mac/283056/1 "2005-01-04T17:20:54Z")
Our small company needs to do VoIP conferencing of 2-6 people, using computers and headsets (not external telephone gadgetry). It needs to work on MacOS X and Windows XP; Linux would be a bonus, too. It needs to have good sound quality, and it needs to _work_. We’ve wasted too much time (and therefore money) on too many half-baked solutions (see below). We would happily pay for it, as long as it’s not thousands of dollars. We would happily use something subscription-based. We used the [OpenH323](http://www.openh323.org/) toolset for a while (including [ohphoneX](http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/ohphoneX-docs/ohphoneX.html)), but even with the highest codec settings, the sound quality is awful compared to Skype and iChat AV; also, the software is pretty immature and unstable. We have been using [Skype](http://www.skype.com/) a lot, but Skype is not mature enough on OS X yet. Even on Windows it’s not completely solid. Since most of us are on OS X, Skype is not an option at the moment. Anyone?