Living conditions in these are basic at best - a one-room family-house with a tiny shed-like kitchen-conversion and often no private toilet - but it is this unusual mix of ancient aristocratic architecture and current-day, salt-of-the-earth locals that gives the hutong alleys their unique character.
One likely solution: issue a pared-down version of the service, possibly one that included basic gestural controls and the ability to view conference participants sitting side by side in a virtual room.