It is very nice to see when someone has a similar experience with VoIP as I have. The only difference was my connection was with my wife while I was on travel. I left the connection open for hours and I had the speakers turned up. I was able to experience all the normal noise from home from the kids rushing around and running up to the Mic and asking questions about homework or asking for permission to do something. It was fathering and being a husband via VoIP and it helped keep me in touch with what was happening at home during long trips. [John Barlow]