Well, its not AT&T that is bringing that technology to the masses. Really we have to thank Skype (which was bought by eBay a few years ago) - this year looks like things are about to change.

Their motto is: Skype – the whole world can talk for free

Well with the Asus EEE Skype phone available now:

ASUS AIGURUSV1T Eee Skype Video Phone for $199.99

it looks like it may be mainstream starting this decade. CES already showed a lot of premium flat-screen TVs with built-in skype video calling. But nobody had a good clear demonstration to show.

Check this video out of the skype video phone by Asus though:

Even I'm impressed.