Network latency is going to a significant factor for musicians jamming together. I could see it for musicians living in the same city or maybe a few hundred miles from each other. If they're on different continents, the speed of light will become a limiting factor:
It comes to about 1/10th of a second for people on the opposite side of the globe under ideal network latency. Okay for conversation, but could be a problem for musicians playing together.
Don't get me wrong, I think there are a lot of interesting uses for this technology if they can get it to work as promised.
Yeah, it's been one of the more prolonged riddles.
However I can say from firsthand experience that the JamKazam platform is usable and functional. Distance and connectivity do matter, that is true. Even on my very limited connection using a relatively modest USB audio device, I've had success on several occasions with one to several participants.
http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/06/01/theoretical-vs-real-worl...
It comes to about 1/10th of a second for people on the opposite side of the globe under ideal network latency. Okay for conversation, but could be a problem for musicians playing together.
Don't get me wrong, I think there are a lot of interesting uses for this technology if they can get it to work as promised.