| Henry lived in Madison, New Hampshire, and had | | | | and start pursuing his studies in graduate school. The |
| grown up in that region. He loved the outdoors, and | | | | separation from his girlfriend was difficult, and there |
| he had failed to move out of his family's house yet. | | | | only communication was by email, internet, or by |
| The job market was pretty weak when he | | | | telephone. |
| graduated from college and he didn't have any | | | | There was one store in the valley that had the |
| success getting what people would consider a | | | | cheapest calling cards for international calls, but it was |
| 'real-job,' so he had no choice but to come home to | | | | more than twenty minutes from his house. Just |
| the place where he had free bed and free meals. It | | | | because the cards were the cheapest in the valley |
| was alright and he was back in town with the friends | | | | didn't mean that they were really cheap at all. After |
| that he had grown up with, but it wasn't exactly | | | | the trip there and back the price started adding up. |
| what he had pictured his life with a bachelor's degree | | | | Then he received an email in his inbox that told of a |
| to be like. | | | | great service called Skype. For a low monthly rate of |
| He started working at one of the ski resorts that | | | | only seven dollars he could have unlimited calls to his |
| winter teaching skiing. It was decent money and he | | | | girlfriends home telephone. One calling card by itself |
| got paid to ski all day long. It was a job that he could | | | | cost 5 dollars, and after the connection fee it was |
| get by with because he liked the perks. He met a girl | | | | only good for one use, not nearly a whole month. |
| that he fell in love with, who was there from | | | | However he had a dilemma with Skype because his |
| Argentina, and she was there working during what | | | | internet was too slow to keep a steady connection. |
| was her summer vacation. Every year the companies | | | | He had DSL broadband but he would need another |
| in the valley employed South American students for | | | | service, and cable was out of the question, but then |
| the winter ski season. It was an opportunity for the | | | | he learned about satellite broadband internet. The |
| kids to come to the United States, and it was an | | | | prices were equivalent to what he was paying and |
| opportunity for the companies to employ cheap | | | | the provider would be dedicated solely to him and he |
| seasonal labor. | | | | wouldn't have lagging broadband like the DSL had |
| He met a girl and her visa expired and she had to | | | | given him, because with satellite broadband he |
| return home, but Henry had saved all of his money | | | | wouldn't be sharing the connection with anyone else. |
| and with a little help from his parents he was able to | | | | With Skype and satellite broadband internet he and |
| go to Argentina with his girlfriend. He spent almost | | | | his girlfriend were able to get through their difficult |
| two years living in Argentina with his girlfriend and | | | | time of separation and were happily reunited when |
| working as an English teacher in a private school. | | | | she came to the United States later that year. |
| After so much time, he wanted to go back home | | | | |