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My parents have been in Europe for the past year without a phone. We both have web cams. We IM with the cameras turned on. It is fucking awesome! We IM only on weekends, because of the time zone difference. (I have a firewall at work that blocks IMs. So I can only IM from home.)
The only thing that sucks about IM is that my mother in law keeps trying to butt in when I am talking to my parents in Europe. I feel bad ignoring her, but do what I have to do. She has a phone though, and could just pick it up and call. Phone calls inside the US are very cheap.
IM is great. Especially with the camera.
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