Thanks John... Skype seems to be exponentially more expensive than Twilio, so I am going to have to try getting more info on Twilio. Unfortunately I ought to have been a farmer, or fishmonger, or something, and not ventured into programming, as I still have trouble understanding lots about vfp, never mind wrapping api's and stuff - lol!

I wrote to Steve Bodnar earlier, who presented that paper - hopefully he writes back.

Yup - would be nice to be able to attend seminars, etc, but I live in a cave in the back of a warehouse, and am working to improve an old system, which pays my lodging, if that says anything to you...