I've been watching this thead for a while and decided to post - a little bit of advice for those of us (you) who aren't about to spend money on something like this, or can't call others on behalf of, say, living in different countries;
Why not just use Skype? I've started a thread of skype usernames
Right Here!
Pro - free, worldwide, and easily downloadable by googling "Download Skype"
Con - you'd need a headset for privacy... And to be at your computer.
But oh well