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   From: kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net   
      
   "rick++"  wrote in message   
   news:1130252765.417629.15680@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > >No, IM is text based, which communicators weren't.   
   >   
   > IM sends non-text these days.  IM connections are   
   > established by symbolic address.  You dont need to   
   > know the IP or phone number.   
   > Eventually phone numbers will be obsolete.   People   
   > plug them once into their cells, then forget about it.   
   > I look up once in Google and thats it.  In the near future   
   > Google will make that step obsolete and directly VOIP you.   
      
   "Stream all home movies to Rick++"   
      
   -- Ken from Chicago (who loves high tech "progress")   
      
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