Entrepreneurs Sam Merrill and Kent Holiday are helping save rural America, at least a piece of Northern Wyoming, which they have transformed into Big Skype country.

Their start-up, Eleutian Technology, has hired 300 people to use Skype, mainly via Video, to teach English as a second language. Their employes, based in call centers in Wyoming with high bandwidth, webcams and Skype, are teaching 15,000 people in South Korea how to speak English. They plan to expand to China and Japan.

Merrill said, "Small towns in America have been shriveling and dying." He said the typical job options have been to work at the gas station, on ranches and to teach school.

He said Eleutian's business model with Skype has opened new high-tech opportunities.

Merrill, Eleutian's chief technology officer, said Koreans and other Asians generally have a good grasp of English grammar. But he said they can struggle with pronunciation.

He said projecting teachers on Skype Video into classrooms helps students get first-hand guidance in overcoming these obstacles. He said some students opt for audio calls, adding that Skype chat is another useful teaching tool.

He shares his thoughts on Skype in this video: