Re: Skype used to be widely used by families around the world to stay in touch......
>the grey-generation
I resemble that remark.
I have a memory of a phone call, from my brother in Australia (circa 1960) with the UK family huddled round a single, bakelite phone (we had an extension, but using it lowered the volume too much). Conversation was difficult, since the delay was immense and there was lots of noisy interference.
And it cost a bloody fortune.