The Beauty of a Flat World in Phone Conferencing

We're a conference call company in New York, and our operational center is in Houston, Texas.  But for all practical purposes, it doesn't matter if we're in NY, or if we're conference call company in PA, or CA, or TX or FL.  In fact, in this day and age of connectivity, we could be providing phone conference call services from anywhere.  That's the beauty of a flat world -- telecommunications and the Internet have changed the speed and effectiveness of keeping in touch.  Remember the old commercial (back in the 70s I think) of that family receiving a long distance call?  The father says, "She called over 3000 miles just to say hi?"  Back in the day, you wouldn't call anyone cross country unless it was an emergency and you were ready to pay per minute and per mile charges.  Dialing long distance was a big deal, and chances are, you needed an operator to help you.  But these days, it doesn't matter if you are conferencing folks in your neighborhood or around the world.  And with everyone carrying a cell phone now, the ease of communication has changed the way we look at -- as they say -- reaching out and touching someone.