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All friendships take a lot of work. It's understandable that the feeling of being 'close' friends fades when you can't communicate in person (whether there is a lot of geographical distance between you or not).
I'd say that friends are still friends in those circumstances, friends I think are forever as long as some form of contact exists. In truth I think friends are still friends even if you lose touch for a couple of years, unless something drastic intervenes it's almost always possible to hit it off once again.

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