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Free Video Phone Gives Long Distance Relationships a Chance

If your honey is out of state or out of country, there's a video phone service you should know about. It's called SightSpeed, it's free, and it really works.

In any kind of long distance relationship, the key is staying in touch. If you're in one, chances are you're on the phone to each other at least once a day, emailing on the hour, and texting continuously.

These are all great ways to keep up with the day-to-day, but instead of that good night phone call, why not try something different. That is to say, make a video call.

Video phones are nothing new, but until now they have been expensive, cumbersome apparatus, used only by corporations. Today, enter SightSpeed, a video calling solution for the individual that works right from your Mac or PC with a web cam and high speed internet connection. Long distance relationships have never been in better shape!

While SightSpeed didn't invent video over the Net, they've certainly come close to perfecting it. Unlike Skype, which also has a video call feature, SightSpeed delivers smooth, natural video and terrific audio.

With the free personal plan, you get free video and voice calling between you and your honey, plus free video mail and video blog recording. The PRO plan is a whopping $5 a month and gets you multi-party video conferencing, extended video mail storage, record calls feature, and online call log.

So how do you get started? It's easy. Here's what you need:

• Free SightSpeed Download
• High-speed Internet Connection such as DSL or Cable
• Web cam (see compatible list here)
• Windows 2000, XP or Vista.  Macintosh OS X 10.3.9 or Higher
• 1Ghz computer with 256 MB RAM

To make it really easy, you can also purchase a starter kit for your significant other, which includes a 1-Year Pro Service Plan, Premium Creative WebCam, and an over-the-ear Headset.

I use SightSpeed so I can atest to how great it is. Check out a sample video recording here.

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