Larry, hopefully Mr. Kimmi will pipe in as he was the one that showed me skype working from the Mariner while off Alaska. Didn't seem to have satellite problems at all.

I have used skyp exclusively from Tokyo to call back to states. So far it has been free to other skype computers and toll free numbers and $0.021 per minute to regular land lines. I guess I better check on the new price plans for next year.