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September 04, 2006
Skype bridges mobile gap
I chatted with my wife via Skype tonight. She is a physiotherapist for handicapped children and currently away on a course. The hotel she's staying in offers free broadband in the hotel rooms and therefore Skype is a great cheap way to stay in touch as I'm sure most of you know.
The unusual thing about this is that she is actually only about 130 Kilometers away. However, the hotel she is staying in lies in an area where mobile coverage is non existent. When checking in she was told she could leave her mobile turned off as it "just won't work here".
So while "traditional" communication channels don't work, Skype via DSL does. Strange times indeed.
Posted by Matthew at September 4, 2006 08:34 PM