>>plus you can see who you are talking with.<<

And (if they're not careful) the state of their room. I'm so glad this sort of thing wasn't dreamt of in my student days.

<i>her program gives the students a cell phone to use while they are there.</i>

My daughter studied in Salamanca two years ago. She was given a cell phone, or rented one cheap through the exchange program, I forget. Calls are not free. For incoming calls to cell phones in Europe the caller pays, and pays dearly.

Travelbugbites: Did you happen to notice this thread is more than a year old?