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Tim SPRACKLEN said:This is most likely a bandwidth problem. Are you connected by 3G or WiFi? Do you know what sort of data rate you're getting?
If the bandwidth of your link is restricted video is the first to suffer because it's a relatively high 'consumer' of bandwidth, audio less so. It might not be your end of the link that's the problem, though. Is the other party in the call having a similar problem?
Most DSL (cable) broadband are asymmetric - with the upload bandwidth (you to the net) being significantly less than the download bandwidth (net to you). Since, in a video call, the video goes over both an uplink and a downlink, it's usually (though not always by any means) the originating end of the link that's the problem because it has to traverse a lower bandwidth - and thus constrained - section of the overall network that carries the video signal from the other party to your iPad.
Having said this, however, there are several other reasons that might be in play here, so check first to see if the other party is having the same problem.
Don't hesitate to get back to us if the problem persists or recurs.
Tim
Scotland
I thought Face time only works on Wifi?
Facetime works on wifi only, tim might have forgotten