BTW, there are several other games beside Mario Kart you can play online.
I believe Guitar Hero is available online too. I know they have some soccer game and I believe paintball is also out there. I would love to do paintball.
Mario/Sonic Olympics is another. I think there are about 20+ games right now for online.
It is just unbelievable to be sitting here in WI playing two different people in England.
Also, if they can get Wii Talk (or is it Speak) over there, you could talk to other people through your Wii. That would mean no long distance calls to talk to Cath for you.