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Followed my then-girlfriend, now-wife on a wing and a prayer from Australia to the US over 20 years ago. Still living in the US and I haven’t caught a bullet yet \o/
People don't appreciate how huge a change this is. Especially 20+ years ago, when smartphones weren't a thing, international phone calls were up to $50 and video calling on a computer was barely possible.
Leaving your whole life behind to follow a girl on a roll of the dice? Or live forever and wonder "was that the one"?
I'm super happy it worked out for you!
Reakky? I've lived in Australia for 17 years and I've been skyping, now zooming with family all the time. I think my Sony phone from that time had built in Skype.
That's very different to 20+ years ago. In 2003, International phone calls were prohibitively expensive. Skype existed, but you needed to both be at home on your computers. Home Internet in Australia was probably at best a 1.5MBit ADSL, Maybe Cable if you lived in one of the areas where it was just coming onto the scene. Then, there's the timezone issue - but that's still an issue. It is loads easier to stay in contact today.
My brother settled in the USA, so these have been big factors for my family since the 90's.
Lol, I'm literally talking a out having it on my phone in Australia 17 years ago.. That just happened to be my arrival,, not the origin of the tech. Not to mention having the better app on my cimouter. Ads2+l has been a common technology worldwide for more than 20 years too. We don't need nbn to have video chat.
I agree, it's become easier but living overseas has not been a big problem for communication for more than a generation.
I think this could be the phone. https://news.softpedia.com/news/MWC-2008-Sony-Ericsson-W910-Awarded-the-Best-Mobile-Phone-For-2007-78658.shtml