Your daughter has just told you that she plans to spend the summer after her last year of college traveling through Latin America. Your first reactions are fear and concern. Will she be safe? How will you keep in contact with her on her travels? Any parent would probably feel the same way under these circumstances. You want your children to experience life to the fullest, but your first concern when it comes to this is their safety. It's not like when they were at college and you could pick up the phone any time you wanted to check in. Now she plans to be in South America without a cellular phone and you are beginning to wonder how you are going to be able to keep tabs on her when she is so far away.
With the advent of Internet communication tools such as Skype, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk, there are many ways to keep in touch without a telephone. All you need to use these services is a high speed Internet connection with either a satellite Internet company or a cable or DSL Internet company. Accounts with any of these communication gadgets are free. If the person on the other end of a "chat" is using the same communication gadget, then the transaction is free all together.
Satellite Internet services have opened up a whole new world of Internet access. Before, dial-up was the only service available to many people outside of major cities. This was because the smaller cities, suburban, and rural areas may have lacked the proper technology necessary for cable or DSL Internet. Now these people can have high speed Internet access from anywhere, as long as they have a clear view of the southern sky. This also applies to places abroad. Maybe your daughter is planning to visit a few places off the beaten path. The good news is that satellite Internet is available in many foreign countries and has become quite popular for the same reasons that it has become popular here in the United States. It's accessible and available to all.
With a few simple clicks of the mouse, your daughter can set up an account with one of these communication tools and from any location in the world she can check in with you. The world has changed quite a bit. Even in the most remote, rural place, such as Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua, or the bustling city of Lima, Peru, a person can find Internet access. You might not be able to pick up a phone and talk to your daughter at any moment of the day, but hearing her voice could be a few clicks of the mouse, a quick email, or an instant message away. It's a simple gesture that will do wonders for how you sleep at night. The world has evolved quite a bit in recent years, and people need to evolve with it and take full advantage of the newest technologies available.
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