Hey all, I've been looking at some skype alternative possibilities.  Here are two that I found interesting: <a href="http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html">http://www.dimdim.com/products/what_is_dimdim.html</a> <a href="http://www.voiceandvideochat.com/">http://www.voiceandvideochat.com/</a> Neither of these are VOIP soft phones like skype is, but they have similar capabilities.  Dimdim is opensource, but only supports a single webcam.  VVC seems to support linux (its flash based), and supports multiple webcams, but its not opensource. I haven't tested these services with other people yet, so if there is interest, we could set up a time to test them out.  So far, for a two person voip call, skype is still the best that I have seen.  I tried ekiga and qutephone, and couldn't get either to work.  Dan -- In science and in mind, the impossible and the hasn't-happened-yet are indistinguishable.