What Are Chat Rooms?

Next to email, the most popular activity on the net is chatting. When asked, most people would say that chatting is the major thing that they enjoy when on the net. Chatting is free and available to anyone with an internet connection.

By utilizing chat rooms and instant messengers such as ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger (just to name 3 popular messengers), you can cheaply and efficiently talk to family and friends world wide or make new friends with other users.

You can find people to talk to about any subject that may interest you in major chat rooms such as IRC and it's great to find like minded people to chat and share thoughts and ideas.

When using chat rooms please adhere to the net etiquette guidlines. Parents should talk to their children about net safety.

What is VOIP Technology?

A somewhat new innovation for those who don't type that well or to save money on phone calls is VOIP technology (voice over internet protocol), where you can use your computer like a telephone and speak to the person on the other end. You do need headphones and a microphone or a speciall phone handset available from viop suppliers and download free software to use VOIP, as does the other computer user on opposite end.

What does VOIP cost?

Computer to computer use is free. There are suppliers where you can use VOIP technology to make actual phone calls to land lines and mobiles world wide for a fee, usually much cheaper than the major telephone suppliers. One such company is Skype that charges a fee to call others yet is free if you phone other skype users.