Instant Messenger for slower internet connections

[MURKY]

A friend of mine abroad wishes to talk with me by a messenger however he has ADSL (obviously via a modem) and so his connection is very slow. Can anyone recommend a messenger he could use? Or even better give me a few links to sites and downloadables? Thanks.

[BillyNoMates]

There is no reason why an ADSL broadband connection should be very slow. It is probably worthwhile investigating that first. The majority of messenger type programs use a minimal amount of bandwidth as it's basically text. I've used Yahoo Messenger, Yahelite, Yazak and MSN Messenger on an ADSL connection with no dleay or lag problems.

[camioneur]

I agree Billy, I think MURKY must be confusing ADSL with 56k dial-up

[fo3nix]

I agree with the above, and they do all use minimal bandwidth.