Conference Calls:

PROS:

  • same usage model as traditional conference call providers
  • better price-per-minute

CONS:

  • None apparent

EXAMPLES AND COMMENTS:

http://conferencecaller.com/

  • Free trial to test service (100 minutes of combined call time)
  • All participants use normal telephones
  • Traditional 1-800 based access (~4.3c/min per participant)
  • Web-initiated "call out" service (~3.1c/min per participant)
  • Compare this to ~30c/min per participant from Aliant and other local providers.
  • Web management interface lets you monitor participants, duration
  • other frills available - recording your call, etc. (for "modest extra fees")
  • payment via "pay in advance with your visa" typically