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RealNet Messaging

Personal communication is available on RealNet, contrary to common belief that it's a haven for couch potatos and one-way preprocessed marketing slop. After all, how else would businesses get their business done across the multiverse?

Now, that doesn't mean it's cheap. Full scale audio and video teleconferencing costs so much that video phones are only owned by businesses. Even audio stream driven communication can be a bit pricey for folks without a middle class income, since it costs points per minute.

But simple text messaging across RealNet's instant-messaging services? Free! What generous people RealWare are. In order to send those messages, however, you'd need a high-end Video Network Set capable of interactive content, a Workstation, or a not too pricey but not very sturdy Pocket Messenger device.