Have you tried Skype yet?

It's a Peer 2 Peer IP Telephony product that just works. A friend is in Hawaii for business (I know!!!!... tell me about it) and we've talked a few times over the last wee while on Skype and it really does just work straight out of the box.

Quality is good and if you both have a full duplex soundcard then it's very close to being as good as a phone call... without the cost- Skype is FREE as in FREE BEER.

It gets a double thumbs up from me. It makes me feel like I did when ICQ came to the fore back in 96-97... I had a genuine sub 100,000 UID back then

Now if they could just write a version for Pocket PC I could wander around the house while talking....