I stumbled on this from my cousins in Australia....
We can talk (ie with our voices!)directly through our computers with a free account at Skype and a microphone on our computer. FREE! They also have services that let you dial from your computer to an ordinary phone for cheapo dollars anywhere in the world but I just use the computer to computer service. It would be a great way to keep up with fellow cat sailers who have wireless computers especially. The address is www.skype.com and you have to download the program.

Greg

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