We were thinking of switching to the mumble server that Chris Ching has set up, but it doesn't seem to have any web client or way to work around that.
After looking at a number of solutions, I think the solution we'd like to try at this point is Blue Jeans -
bluejeans.com. It's actually a paid service at $120 per year. I think the biggest advantage here is that it supports a phone bridge, which makes many of the other features unnecessary.
Upsides:
- Native clients for Windows, Linux (RPM), OSX, IOS, and Android.
- Web interface (chrome only - other browsers are being deprecated)
- Maximum of 50 attendees per meeting - I think so far our highest attendance has been 12 people or so.
Downsides:
- Not a free service - it costs $120 per year per host. The cost may increase in the future. They don't offer a discount for open-source projects or non-profits at this scale.
- Web client only works with chrome/chromium
- Not an open source solution.
Annoyances:
- The native Linux client is only available as an rpm
- Only a single person (email address) can host a meeting. I'm not sure of how much an issue this really is - If we schedule the meetings in advance, and it starts automatically, it may not be a problem. If the host has to join before anyone else can talk, that's not so good.
Let me know what you think.
Martin