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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 8:14 PM

Issues with video conferencing connectivity

I have tried several things to fix this reoccurring issue with Microsoft Teams. Every time I have a Teams call, it will go out for 5 to 10 seconds and will say poor network quality and recover but having missed part of the conversation and disrupting the call.  I get great speed on my laptop and have tried other approaches to try to diagnose the issue. This is a causing significant issues with my ability to my job.  I have read every forum post and all of them say to direct message xfinity but to do that you have to post first. So this is my post to see if I can get through to someone who can actually help the problem. 

Official Employee

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3 days ago

Good afternoon @Melissajdesigns, and thanks for taking the time to post here today with your Teams issue. When did this issue first start for you? Are you running a VPN while on these Teams calls? 

It started several months ago.  I am running a VPN as it is a laptop provided by my employer.  

Official Employee

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 @Melissajdesigns Thanks for letting us know. Is there an issue when you are not connected via VPN?

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I don't know as I am not allowed to turn off or manage my VPN.

Official Employee

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 @Melissajdesigns Without being able to disconnect the VPN, we can not accurately troubleshoot the issue. VPN's can have connection issues when routing to long distances.

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So what should I ask my tech support team to do with respect to trying to diagnose this?  Thousands of our employees use this configuration so I'm sure it would be an issue many people would have.

Problem Solver

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2 days ago

Suggest you connect your laptop to your gateway with an ethernet cable.  This will help to diagnose whether the wireless signal put out by your gateway, or the radio in your laptop is the issue.  Are you in the same room with the gateway when your problem happens?  As someone who spent years in the corporate world, understand that in many cases the laptops provided don't have the best wireless chipsets or performance.  When a company has to buy and provide laptops, they usually look for the most affordable solutions, which often translates to older chipsets, less powerful hardware, etc.  Try your next meeting wired, and circle back with the results.  

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Great idea! I didn't think of that one. I'll try to do that in the next couple days and see how it goes.   Thanks.

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