Wednesday, 28 December 2005 Festoon (formerly vSkype) is a free plugin for Skype and Google Talk which provides fast real-time video between you and all of your Skype and Google Talk contacts - up to 2.3 frames per second (fps) for anyone using a standard 56K modem, and up to 24 fps for anyone using DSL, a cable modem, or a corporate broadband connection like a T1 line. Festoon also allows you to share display data. Any open application, or even the entire desktop, can be viewed by other participants during a vSkype Beta call. In addition, Festoon Beta's "Add to Call" feature allows you invite other Skype contacts to your existing call. This eliminates the disruption of having to create a new call each time you would like to add new callers.