Broadband and webcam tedium

[Leo Lapworth]

On 12 June 2010 10:13, Edmund von der Burg <evdb at ecclestoad.co.uk> wrote:
> Like a fool I offered to sort out my parents-in-law with a skype
> connection so that they could coo at the baby remotely.
>
> And now I find myself needing to get the broadband* and the
> webcam/speakers/mic setup needed for a Dell running XP.

Just get them an iPhone 4 thingy?

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/facetime.html#facetime-video

Lots less hassel for you - although doesn't mean they'll have a decent
net connection so you might still want to get them broadband + WiFi

Virgin cable works well enough for me - but you are then limited about suppliers

Good luck!

Leo