Craig, both laptops are wi-fi enabled but we'd already paid for instant phone before we found out about the wi-fi. The instant phone payment goes to the rv park. The owners/managers here are super people who have become friends so this is helping to pay their costs of having the phones. Since our children live in this area this has become our "home park". Vicki said she's fine with the dialup speed (usually 52k) so we're currently going with the current setup. I think the instant phone is actually costing a bit more than the wi-fi. We also could have just one wi-fi or one instant phone and take turns using it. Nah, I like not having to share.