I'm not Atlas either (We'll see what happens when I retire from the AF in a couple years), but I do get to spend some time overseas. (And I may have slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night!)

I use Skype quite successfully overseas. For those of you with Verizon Androids, their Skype Mobile is locked into using 3G and not wireless (ie won't work overseas). That being said, you can still download the Skype app (Not Skype Mobile) and it works like a champ on wireless...

Clear Skies!

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