Broadband Future

Your next phone: new IM tools with VoIP - Internet: "In recent years, instant text messaging and e-mail have replaced the phone for those who want to quickly and quietly use a computer to chat with friends, family, and colleagues. But the top IM apps are now pumping up their volume by integrating free, Web-based calling services. Will jumping on the VoIP bandwagon spur legions of IM users to pick up PC-to-PC phoning--making landline and cellular companies sweat? "