Skype internet usage video call?

[Jim Beam]

So at home we have a high internet cap so i can can use Skype as much as i want to but if i were in public and wanted to Skype using the 3G internet that comes with my mobile's plan, how much would it consume?

I'm assuming Skype video calling, (i'm in Australia, they're in America) high amounts of bandwidth would be consumed and may consume most of the monthly data allowance.

For example if I were to video call from Australia, to America for an hour how much data would that consume?

Approximations are fine

[IAmTechMike]

Its not like international calling on a Mobile, but what you will get depending on the speed between your 3G handset and the Mast and the connection between your friend and there Exchange could give you a bad Roundtrip ms and could cause a good bit of Packet loss. The video call will adjust to what it can cope, a normal skype call uses about 4Kbps audio stream along with the video which is normally between 14Kbps (SD) to 64Kbps(HD) you could be looking at, within an hour... id say no more then 300Mb

Enjoy Skyping