Packet8 is once again continuing its holiday season tradition of providing pediatric patients in children's hospitals throughout the U.S. with opportunities to have live videophone visits with Santa Claus at the North Pole.

Now in its 4th year, the "Videophone Visits with Santa" program enables children who are hospital bound to see and chat with Santa over the Packet8 Tango videophone service at his "North Pole" workshop at 8x8's Santa Clara, California headquarters. The visits take place from either the child's hospital room or a centralized patient lounge area and are followed by the special delivery of requested toys and gifts.

Children's hospitals participating in the program this year include:

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Cincinnati, OH
• Miami Children's Hospital - Miami, FL
• Johns Hopkins Children's Medical Center - Baltimore, MD
• Barbara Bush Children's Hospital - Portland, ME
• Schneider's Children's Hospital - Long Island, NY
• Shriner's Hospital for Children - Tampa, FL
• Vanderbilt Children's Hospital - Nashville, TN

The Packet8 Tango Video Terminal Adapter is a one-of-a-kind broadband phone adapter with a built-in LCD screen that turns any regular home phone into a state-of-the-art, full motion videophone. Tango takes the concept of traditional analog terminal adapters one step further with the addition of advanced H.264 video, allowing for significantly better video quality compared to H.263 at the same bandwidth. Using 8x8's Packet8 Internet phone service, Packet8 Tango videophone subscribers receive unlimited video calling worldwide to other Packet8 videophone subscribers and unlimited voice-only calling in the U.S., Canada and eight additional countries for just $24.99/month. The Packet8 Tango is so easy to use that anyone, especially the young at heart, will enjoy owning one.