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 ==Communications==
-Weimar and San Diego tested video chat and file transfer using the AIM protocol.  Performance was hit and miss.  The best aspect was latency, with both sides agreeing that the timing of communications felt natural.  Video quality was significantly different on each side: Weimar witnessed crisp imagery from San Diego, while San Diego consistently received blocky video dominated by artifacts.
+Weimar and San Diego tested video chat and file transfer using the AIM protocol.  Performance was hit and miss.  The best aspect was latency, with both sides agreeing that the timing of communications felt natural.  Video quality was significantly different on each side: Weimar witnessed crisp imagery from San Diego, while San Diego consistently received blocky video featuring varying degrees of artifacts.  Audio dropouts correlated with video performance.
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 File:ViewOfWeimar.jpg|A view of Weimar
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+It's worth noting that at one point, Messages lost connection, throwing an error message and ''crashing San Diego's cable modem''.  This is considered worth mentioning, since San Diego had memory of this happening before, in a different city with a different ISP.
+File transfers worked well, with recordings for this project exchanged via drag-and-drop into Messages' text chat window.  Transfer rates of 135K were reached, and were probably limited only by our ISP services.
 ==Audio Signals==
-These are the audio signals.
+Audio signals were generated by each side, transmitted via Soundflower through Messages, and recorded via Soundflower on the other side.  Fidelity was generally horrendous.
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