iMac FaceTime freezing and quitting after a few minutes of connection

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Mid 2011 iMac with Yosemite 10.10.2 places FaceTime call but the recipient reports that the video freezes and audio is lost after a 5-10 minutes. When I try to recall her she does not receive any indication. When she calls me, I cannot connect on the iMac, but I can on my iPhone 6. Any suggestions welcome.
 
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An Update

Installed WiFi explorer and identified a number of wifi networks using the same 2.4 GHz channel. Switched channel on my Time Capsule to 5GHz and the problem has not recurred.
 
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WiFI loss in FaceTime

I've a mid 2011 iMac which recently began losing FaceTime connections about 15 minutes into a call.
 
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Welcome to the forums! What recently changed on your system or with your ISP? If it's consistently dropping at the same point for EVERY FaceTime, I would be suspicious of your ISP doing something. Does it also drop if you try FaceTime on a different network?
 
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Thank you for your reply. I do not believe it is my ISP as I am able to use Face Time without interruption on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro. The interruption is not always at 15 minutes, it sometimes occurs earlier, sometimes later. I spoke with Apple Support last evening and they help me clean the FaceTime cache in the library. I am testing the results of that process this evening.
 
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Ah, you hadn't shared that all the other devices were working just fine. Hard to diagnose with only partial information. Glad Apple was able to help. Good luck with it!
 
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Resolution

I reinstalled the operating system at the behest of Apple Support and the problem seems to have cleared up.
 

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