While Skype isn’t allowed on station, there are other options. Ask a buddy when you get here. The best option would be for USAP to set up a machine or two in the computer labs at MCM and SP for Skype/video calls and let people reserve a chunk of time (10 mins in summer, maybe an hour in winter) to chat with friends and family. That would be a very nice service to people on the Ice. It could then be controlled and optimized for bandwidth, even if it was just one or two days a week as in the old days with phone calls. Would be nice if USAP could think out of the box once in a while.