April 2008 update

Earlier I had not hooked up my nieces web cam in order to try out Skype's video capabilities. I finally got around to it, and went back home to try it. It works great, the only problem I saw was the video quality from her camera was not as good as the Logitech Orbit I have. She has a 1.5meg speed DSL connection, and I have a 3.0meg DSL. I have also tried a test with my nephew in the mountains of North Carolina who only has dial-up. I tried video briefly but stop because of resources on his end. It does work, it was my first attempt, and I am satisfied having tried it.